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penobit/markdown
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Markdown language parser for PHP.

v1.1(4y ago)110MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 23Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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markdown
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[](#markdown)

Markdown language parser for PHP

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1729d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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