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phwoolcon/phpdoc-markdown-public
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phpDocumentor template that generates Markdown documentation of the public API

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phpDocumentor markdown-public template
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[](#phpdocumentor-markdown-public-template)

[phpDocumentor template](http://www.phpdoc.org/docs/latest/getting-started/changing-the-look-and-feel.html) that generates Markdown documentation of only the public API. It will skip all abstract classes and non-public methods.

The main use-case for this template is to generate simple and nice looking usage documentation, that can then be published on GitHub.

For example, a small library can document it's public API in DocBlock comments, use this template to generate the Markdown documentation and then commit it to GitHub with the library to easily create a nice looking documentation for other developers to see.

Example of documentation generated with this template:

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install with composer:

```
composer require phwoolcon/phpdoc-markdown-public
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Run phpDocumentor and set template as `vendor/cvuorinen/phpdoc-markdown-public/data/templates/markdown-public`.

**Example using command-line arguments:**

```
./vendor/bin/phpdoc --directory=src/ --target=docs/ --template="vendor/cvuorinen/phpdoc-markdown-public/data/templates/markdown-public" --title="My Project Documentation"
```

More information about the available arguments can be found at [running phpDocumentor](http://www.phpdoc.org/docs/latest/guides/running-phpdocumentor.html).

**Example using configuration file:**

Add a file called `phpdoc.xml` with the following content to the root of your project and invoke the `phpdoc` command without arguments. Modify the configuration to suit your project.

```

    My Project Documentation

        build

        docs

        src
        test/*

```

More information about [configuring phpDocumentor](http://www.phpdoc.org/docs/latest/references/configuration.html).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.6% 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 ~27 days

Total

3

Last Release

3751d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![cvuorinen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1764167?v=4)](https://github.com/cvuorinen "cvuorinen (12 commits)")[![Fishdrowned](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3423411?v=4)](https://github.com/Fishdrowned "Fishdrowned (5 commits)")

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Tags

phpdocdocumentationphpDocumentormarkdown

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