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libra/libra-markdown
====================

Markdown view helper for ZF2

1.1.1(12y ago)14.5k1BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Sep 9Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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Libra Markdown
==============

[](#libra-markdown)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can use it as view helper

```
echo $this->markdown('Some **markdown** text');

```

or as library

```
echo \Michelf\Markdown\Markdown::defaultTransform($text);

```

By default enabled MarkdownExtra compiler.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~261 days

Total

3

Last Release

4477d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![vnagara](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1571419?v=4)](https://github.com/vnagara "vnagara (18 commits)")

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Tags

markdowncmsZendFrameworkzfzf2libra

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