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View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/POPSuL/parsedown). ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 72% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity72 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 88.3% 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 ~19 days Recently: every ~140 days Total 60 Last Release 3572d ago Major Versions 0.9.4 → 1.0.0-rc.12014-04-17 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2add7367aff9d2e5c1167c292c8a89a8a7cf502617d29d806b65d9db3872d468?d=identicon)[POPSuL](/maintainers/POPSuL) --- Top Contributors [![erusev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/184170?v=4)](https://github.com/erusev "erusev (432 commits)")[![hkdobrev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/506129?v=4)](https://github.com/hkdobrev "hkdobrev (18 commits)")[![wkpark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232347?v=4)](https://github.com/wkpark "wkpark (6 commits)")[![rhukster](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1084697?v=4)](https://github.com/rhukster "rhukster (6 commits)")[![POPSuL](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/683358?v=4)](https://github.com/POPSuL "POPSuL (4 commits)")[![KaneCohen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578455?v=4)](https://github.com/KaneCohen "KaneCohen (3 commits)")[![naNuke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4591126?v=4)](https://github.com/naNuke "naNuke (3 commits)")[![HelpingHand1](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/197991695?v=4)](https://github.com/HelpingHand1 "HelpingHand1 (2 commits)")[![cebe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/189796?v=4)](https://github.com/cebe "cebe (2 commits)")[![PhrozenByte](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/920356?v=4)](https://github.com/PhrozenByte "PhrozenByte (2 commits)")[![teaqu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583418?v=4)](https://github.com/teaqu "teaqu (1 commits)")[![kelunik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2743004?v=4)](https://github.com/kelunik "kelunik (1 commits)")[![MechanicalMann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2583176?v=4)](https://github.com/MechanicalMann "MechanicalMann (1 commits)")[![donatj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/133747?v=4)](https://github.com/donatj "donatj (1 commits)")[![henriquemoody](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/154023?v=4)](https://github.com/henriquemoody "henriquemoody (1 commits)")[![grogy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1322983?v=4)](https://github.com/grogy "grogy (1 commits)")[![garoevans](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1016708?v=4)](https://github.com/garoevans "garoevans (1 commits)")[![scarwu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/616443?v=4)](https://github.com/scarwu "scarwu (1 commits)")[![tbreuss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1334161?v=4)](https://github.com/tbreuss "tbreuss (1 commits)")[![josephok](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5212375?v=4)](https://github.com/josephok "josephok (1 commits)") --- Tags parsermarkdown ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/popsul-parsedown/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/popsul-parsedown/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/popsul-parsedown) ``` ### Alternatives [erusev/parsedown Parser for Markdown. 15.0k151.8M727](/packages/erusev-parsedown)[league/commonmark Highly-extensible PHP Markdown parser which fully supports the CommonMark spec and GitHub-Flavored Markdown (GFM) 2.9k404.0M700](/packages/league-commonmark)[erusev/parsedown-extra An extension of Parsedown that adds support for Markdown Extra. 84314.8M192](/packages/erusev-parsedown-extra)[parsedown/parsedown Parser for Markdown. 21342.8k3](/packages/parsedown-parsedown)[tovic/parsedown-extra-plugin Configurable Markdown to HTML converter with Parsedown Extra. 5933.7k](/packages/tovic-parsedown-extra-plugin)[taufik-nurrohman/parsedown-extra-plugin Configurable Markdown to HTML converter with Parsedown Extra. 5932.3k](/packages/taufik-nurrohman-parsedown-extra-plugin) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)