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blesta/parsedown
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Parser for Markdown.

2.0.1(3y ago)1562↓33.3%MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0

Since Jul 10Pushed 3y ago3 watchersCompare

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Parsedown
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[](#parsedown)

Better [Markdown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) parser for PHP.

- [Demo](http://parsedown.org/demo)
- [Tests](http://parsedown.org/tests/)

### Features

[](#features)

- [Fast](http://parsedown.org/speed)
- [Consistent](http://parsedown.org/consistency)
- [GitHub Flavored](https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown)
- [Tested](https://travis-ci.org/erusev/parsedown) in PHP 5.3 to 7.2 and [hhvm](http://www.hhvm.com/)
- Extensible

### Installation

[](#installation)

Include `Parsedown.php` or install [the composer package](https://packagist.org/packages/erusev/parsedown).

### Example

[](#example)

```
$Parsedown = new Parsedown();

echo $Parsedown->text('Hello _Parsedown_!'); # prints: Hello Parsedown!
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~75 days

Recently: every ~366 days

Total

46

Last Release

1293d ago

Major Versions

0.9.4 → 1.0.0-rc.12014-04-17

1.0.x-dev → 2.0.02021-08-05

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0.0PHP >=7.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1100c7dbee65c40edf82c25a4b7d5a34bd677ff86263396ca2ac5163da1dbe0?d=identicon)[tysonphillips](/maintainers/tysonphillips)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b73da57e4fcb22c7d7f459b2bd00ea7bceb6252df0cd14e2d0bf4b6a145709fc?d=identicon)[paulphillips](/maintainers/paulphillips)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/49adf61c394a865424ab1d98a1a07dd448cf3aff70b13a20aa167531c765fb94?d=identicon)[Jono](/maintainers/Jono)

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Top Contributors

[![erusev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/184170?v=4)](https://github.com/erusev "erusev (243 commits)")[![hkdobrev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/506129?v=4)](https://github.com/hkdobrev "hkdobrev (9 commits)")[![wkpark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232347?v=4)](https://github.com/wkpark "wkpark (6 commits)")[![tysonphillips](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8607630?v=4)](https://github.com/tysonphillips "tysonphillips (4 commits)")[![JReissmueller](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18198499?v=4)](https://github.com/JReissmueller "JReissmueller (3 commits)")[![clphillips](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/682986?v=4)](https://github.com/clphillips "clphillips (3 commits)")[![KaneCohen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578455?v=4)](https://github.com/KaneCohen "KaneCohen (3 commits)")[![cebe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/189796?v=4)](https://github.com/cebe "cebe (2 commits)")[![MechanicalMann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2583176?v=4)](https://github.com/MechanicalMann "MechanicalMann (1 commits)")[![teaqu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583418?v=4)](https://github.com/teaqu "teaqu (1 commits)")[![josephok](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5212375?v=4)](https://github.com/josephok "josephok (1 commits)")[![abdyfranco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23648083?v=4)](https://github.com/abdyfranco "abdyfranco (1 commits)")

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Tags

parsermarkdown

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/blesta-parsedown/health.svg)

```
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```

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