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pygments/pygments
=================

Syntax highlighter bridge for pygments

1.0.0(11y ago)02301MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Oct 10Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Pygments for PHP
================

[](#pygments-for-php)

PHP Server side syntax highlighter based on [Pygments](http://pygments.org/) highlighter software.

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

[](#installation)

To use this plugin you need pygments in your server:

```
sudo apt-get python-pygments

```

That's all. Now you can download the plugin via Composer or as independent library and use it.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$code = file_get_contents("test.js");
echo Pygmentize::format($code, "js");
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4284d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8da2a4376a9b330628e63e6d5b11ab407c17549b955b65adc19ca49b914e5fae?d=identicon)[amouhzi](/maintainers/amouhzi)

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Top Contributors

[![amouhzi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4458806?v=4)](https://github.com/amouhzi "amouhzi (4 commits)")

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Tags

highlighterSyntax highlighterpygments

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/pygments-pygments/health.svg)

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```

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