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decodelabs/elementary
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Shared base markup handling library

v0.6.5(7mo ago)211.5k↓100%12MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

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Elementary
==========

[](#elementary)

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### Shared base markup handling library for PHP.

[](#shared-base-markup-handling-library-for-php)

Elementary is a middleware library designed to provide tools for building tag-base manipulation systems.

---

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

This package requires PHP 8.4 or higher.

Install via Composer:

```
composer require decodelabs/elementary
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This library should be used as the basis for *other* markup / tag handling libraries, and is not intended for direct end-user interaction.

Other Decode Labs packages using this library:

- [**Tagged** - HTML generator](https://github.com/decodelabs/tagged)
- [**Exemplar** - XML manipulator](https://github.com/decodelabs/exemplar)

Licensing
---------

[](#licensing)

Elementary is licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for the full license text.

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.5% 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 ~45 days

Recently: every ~29 days

Total

37

Last Release

217d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^7.2|^8.0

v0.2.0PHP ^8.0

v0.2.6PHP ^8.1

v0.4.2PHP ^8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![betterthanclay](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1273586?v=4)](https://github.com/betterthanclay "betterthanclay (183 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (1 commits)")

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Tags

markupphptagxmlhtmlmarkup

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