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orlo/picofeed
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library to handle RSS/Atom feeds

2.0.0(1y ago)03.1k↓30%MITPHPPHP &gt;=7.4

Since Jan 17Pushed 1y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/orlo/picofeed)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/orlo/picofeed)[ Docs](https://github.com/orlo/picofeed)[ RSS](/packages/orlo-picofeed/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago

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PicoFeed
========

[](#picofeed)

Fork Notes
----------

[](#fork-notes)

Fork of :  with ....

- 2024/05/28 - add PHP8.2 support (remove PHP deprecation warnings etc), tentatively tag as v1.0.0
- 2024/12/11 - add github action, token fixes to unit tests (some fail still), moved minimum PHP variant to 7.4

Installation :
--------------

[](#installation-)

`composer require orlo/picofeed`

Note, package is marked to replace :

- p3k/picofeed (which is this is forked from), and
- miniflux/picofeed

Original Readme
---------------

[](#original-readme)

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

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c59c163f9ad2f5b29fc22886c7eb2e152b779e9b726fc31e2a477cff296c1092/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6161726f6e706b2f7069636f466565642e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/aaronpk/picofeed)

This fork of PicoFeed was created after the original author dropped support. It was published on Packagist as `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;= 5.3
- 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

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.5% 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 ~431 days

Recently: every ~424 days

Total

6

Last Release

524d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.40 → v1.0.02024-05-28

1.0.1 → 2.0.02024-12-11

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.35PHP &gt;=5.3.0

2.0.0PHP &gt;=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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