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hyn/frontmatter
===============

Markdown including meta information parsing from frontmatters

1.1.1(9y ago)1038.2k↓50%3MITPHP

Since Dec 9Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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Frontmatter
===========

[](#frontmatter)

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An easy package to parse any markdown file that includes some kind of meta data (commonly known as frontmatter).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require hyn/frontmatter
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The easiest way is using inversion of control, but feel free to instantiate the class the way you see fit:

```
$parser = new \Hyn\Frontmatter\Parser(new \cebe\markdown\Markdown);

// Uses json per default, but set specifically:
$parser->setFrontmatter(\Hyn\Frontmatter\Frontmatters\JsonFrontmatter::class);
// Use toml:
$parser->setFrontmatter(\Hyn\Frontmatter\Frontmatters\TomlFrontmatter::class);
// Or use yaml:
$parser->setFrontmatter(\Hyn\Frontmatter\Frontmatters\YamlFrontmatter::class);

// And parse the markdown file:
$contents = $parser->parse(file_get_contents('the-file.md'));
// Get meta
$meta = $parser->getMeta();
```

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~2 days

Total

3

Last Release

3442d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/504687?v=4)[Daniël Klabbers](/maintainers/Luceos)[@luceos](https://github.com/luceos)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

frontmatter

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