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leonickl/bibtex-formatter
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A simplistic BibTeX formatter in PHP

v2.3.0(5mo ago)010PHPPHP >=8.4

Since Oct 28Pushed 5mo agoCompare

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Simplistic BibTex Formatter
===========================

[](#simplistic-bibtex-formatter)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer global require leonickl/bibtex-formatter
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
format-bibtex literature.tex [--save|--print|--log|--dump]
```

- `--print` prints the result to the console (**default** option)
- `--save` overrides the original file
- `--log` prints a step-wise info about each token and the current state of the app
- `--dump` dumps the resulting PHP datastructure to the console

**Warning:** The original file will be overwritten by this!

Features
--------

[](#features)

This formatter only supports simple entries of the form

```
@type{reference,
    key = {value},
    other = 5,
    ...
}
```

The formatter

- adds trailing commas,
- aligns `=` signs above each other,
- and sets indentation to 4 spaces.
- ...

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~1 days

Total

10

Last Release

179d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.2 → v2.1.02025-11-02

### Community

Maintainers

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