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lostfocus/picofeed
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Modern library to handle RSS/Atom feeds

v3.0.0(2y ago)1101MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.0.0

Since Jan 17Pushed 2y agoCompare

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PicoFeed
========

[](#picofeed)

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

[![Packagist Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a71a3ae6fff640b716dbc634cfce70f9edb76dc86bebf1cfbed666430ef002bf/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6c6f7374666f6375732f7069636f66656564)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a71a3ae6fff640b716dbc634cfce70f9edb76dc86bebf1cfbed666430ef002bf/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f6c6f7374666f6375732f7069636f66656564)[![GitHub Workflow Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/35bd28ffadc7de50110f17de75abef6d23691a17971a9e082f6b7168dda99808/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f6c6f7374666f6375732f7069636f666565642f746573742e79616d6c3f6272616e63683d706870382d646576)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/35bd28ffadc7de50110f17de75abef6d23691a17971a9e082f6b7168dda99808/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f6c6f7374666f6375732f7069636f666565642f746573742e79616d6c3f6272616e63683d706870382d646576)[![Packagist PHP Version Support](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/00b276b6a23434a6e9f9c5b4e8a409d84bd3813382253075fc17b725caf9e1c4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f6c6f7374666f6375732f7069636f66656564)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/00b276b6a23434a6e9f9c5b4e8a409d84bd3813382253075fc17b725caf9e1c4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f6c6f7374666f6375732f7069636f66656564)

This fork of PicoFeed was created to prepare upstream PRs. Upstream is published on Packagist as `p3k/picofeed`.

```
composer require p3k/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 &gt;= 8.0
- libxml &gt;= 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)
- [XRay](https://github.com/aaronpk/xray)
- [Aperture](https://aperture.p3k.io)

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

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54% 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 ~377 days

Recently: every ~357 days

Total

6

Last Release

793d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.40 → v1.0.02024-03-16

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02024-03-16

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02024-03-16

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.35PHP &gt;=5.3.0

v1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.6.0

v3.0.0PHP &gt;=8.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/76531533d4ec8ef6b40757c24312a15f261e972240a60da68e254d4cd80d2e34?d=identicon)[lostfocus](/maintainers/lostfocus)

---

Top Contributors

[![fguillot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/323546?v=4)](https://github.com/fguillot "fguillot (269 commits)")[![mkresin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4547948?v=4)](https://github.com/mkresin "mkresin (62 commits)")[![lostfocus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45055?v=4)](https://github.com/lostfocus "lostfocus (36 commits)")[![aaronpk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/113001?v=4)](https://github.com/aaronpk "aaronpk (16 commits)")[![djbshfbzehr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11725581?v=4)](https://github.com/djbshfbzehr "djbshfbzehr (14 commits)")[![buschmann23](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4329915?v=4)](https://github.com/buschmann23 "buschmann23 (12 commits)")[![DavidGoodwin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/203929?v=4)](https://github.com/DavidGoodwin "DavidGoodwin (10 commits)")[![phedlund](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/884639?v=4)](https://github.com/phedlund "phedlund (10 commits)")[![hdhoang](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12537?v=4)](https://github.com/hdhoang "hdhoang (7 commits)")[![Chman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/849090?v=4)](https://github.com/Chman "Chman (6 commits)")[![cwmke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1923967?v=4)](https://github.com/cwmke "cwmke (5 commits)")[![xeoncross](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56460?v=4)](https://github.com/xeoncross "xeoncross (4 commits)")[![DavidPrevot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3936728?v=4)](https://github.com/DavidPrevot "DavidPrevot (4 commits)")[![shuLhan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43306?v=4)](https://github.com/shuLhan "shuLhan (4 commits)")[![slowpoke1705](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16698149?v=4)](https://github.com/slowpoke1705 "slowpoke1705 (4 commits)")[![schaal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1056362?v=4)](https://github.com/schaal "schaal (3 commits)")[![Schnouki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64833?v=4)](https://github.com/Schnouki "Schnouki (3 commits)")[![rakshazi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3428087?v=4)](https://github.com/rakshazi "rakshazi (3 commits)")[![JKingweb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/89590?v=4)](https://github.com/JKingweb "JKingweb (3 commits)")[![MorbZ](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/119348?v=4)](https://github.com/MorbZ "MorbZ (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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