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ftembe/kitara-markdown
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simple Markdown parser in PHP

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Since Jul 4Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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A simple regex-based Markdown parser in PHP.
--------------------------------------------

[](#a-simple-regex-based-markdown-parser-in-php)

This Markdown parser supports basic formatting such as bold and italic text, headers, links, and paragraphs. It uses regular expressions to search for patterns in the Markdown text and replace them with corresponding HTML tags.

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

[](#installation)

To install this package no can use composer

```
composer require ftembe/kitara-markdown
```

Or

```
git clone https://github.com/FTembe/kitara-markdown.git
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require('vendor/autoload.php');

use Kitara\Parser\Markdown as Parser;

$markdown = new Parser;

echo $markdown::render('## My name is Francisco Tembe');
```

###  Health Score

14

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LowBetter than 2% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity22

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![FTembe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/31000619?v=4)](https://github.com/FTembe "FTembe (7 commits)")[![ftembe3](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/220564838?v=4)](https://github.com/ftembe3 "ftembe3 (1 commits)")

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