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picas/markdown-extended
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Yet another PHP parser for the markdown (\*extended\*) syntax

v1.0.0-rc.12(2y ago)392.5k2BSD-3-ClausePHP >=5.6

Since Oct 21Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/e-picas/markdown-extended)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/picas/markdown-extended)[ Docs](http://github.com/e-picas/markdown-extended)[ RSS](/packages/picas-markdown-extended/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (7)Versions (24)Used By (2)

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###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~290 days

Recently: every ~2 days

Total

14

Last Release

826d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.0-beta → v1.0.0-rc.12024-02-04

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0-alphaPHP >=5.3.0

v1.0.0-rc.1PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

markdownmarkdown extendedmde

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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