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mdwheele/marky
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Marky Markov and the Chamber of Secrets

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marky
=====

[](#marky)

Marky is a markov-chain based text generator... it will be a continuance of the work at .

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require mdwheele/marky
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**From Raw Text**:

```
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

use Marky\Marky;

// Strips new-lines, but that's it...
$marky = Marky::fromString('something long here is better');

echo $marky->generate(500);
```

**From a File**:

```
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

use Marky\Marky;

$marky = Marky::fromFile('source.txt');

echo $marky->generate(500);
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Dustin Wheeler](https://github.com/mdwheele)
- [Hay Kranen](http://www.haykranen.nl/2008/09/21/markov)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4073d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![mdwheele](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2453394?v=4)](https://github.com/mdwheele "mdwheele (1 commits)")

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