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kaishiyoku/picofeed
===================

Modern library to handle RSS/Atom feeds

2.0.0(7y ago)230.6k[1 issues](https://github.com/Kaishiyoku/picofeed/issues)1MITPHPPHP >=7.1.3

Since Oct 24Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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PicoFeed
========

[](#picofeed)

PicoFeed was originally developed for [Miniflux](http://miniflux.net), a minimalist and open source news reader.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/137413e847e32420e7dfa1a1ac08c9e3ac9d666126752ad1835fca674cd73a95/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d696e69666c75782f7069636f466565642e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/miniflux/picoFeed)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Simple and fast
- Feed parser for Atom 1.0 and RSS 0.91, 0.92, 1.0 and 2.0
- Feed writer for Atom 1.0 and RSS 2.0
- Favicon fetcher
- Import/Export OPML subscriptions
- Content filter: HTML cleanup, remove pixel trackers and Ads
- Multiple HTTP client adapters: cURL or Stream Context
- Proxy support
- Content grabber: download from the original website the full content
- Enclosure detection
- RTL languages support
- License: MIT

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.1.3
- libxml >= 2.7
- XML PHP extensions: DOM and SimpleXML
- cURL or Stream Context (`allow_url_fopen=On`)
- iconv extension

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- Original author: Frédéric Guillot
- Major Contributors:
    - [Bernhard Posselt](https://github.com/Raydiation)
    - [David Pennington](https://github.com/Xeoncross)
    - [Mathias Kresin](https://github.com/mkresin)

Real world usage
----------------

[](#real-world-usage)

- [Miniflux](http://miniflux.net)
- [Owncloud News](https://github.com/owncloud/news)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Installation](docs/installation.markdown)
- [Running unit tests](docs/tests.markdown)
- [Feed parsing](docs/feed-parsing.markdown)
- [Feed creation](docs/feed-creation.markdown)
- [Favicon fetcher](docs/favicon.markdown)
- [OPML](docs/opml.markdown)
- [Image proxy](docs/image-proxy.markdown) (avoid SSL mixed content warnings)
- [Web scraping](docs/grabber.markdown)
- [Exceptions](docs/exceptions.markdown)
- [Debugging](docs/debugging.markdown)
- [Configuration](docs/config.markdown)

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.6% 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 ~27 days

Total

3

Last Release

2700d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02018-12-18

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

1.1.0PHP >=5.6.0

2.0.0PHP >=7.1.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7349944ba7795f1fbec27cf22625511bc8e7fdc6b55529ac87788485cca1797?d=identicon)[Kaishiyoku](/maintainers/Kaishiyoku)

---

Top Contributors

[![Kaishiyoku](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5131112?v=4)](https://github.com/Kaishiyoku "Kaishiyoku (11 commits)")[![alexbilevskiy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14160356?v=4)](https://github.com/alexbilevskiy "alexbilevskiy (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/kaishiyoku-picofeed/health.svg)

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