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shelfwood/markdown-frontmatter
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Framework-agnostic YAML frontmatter parsing for PHP

v1.0.0(3mo ago)001MITPHP ^8.2

Since Feb 12Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/j-shelfwood/shelfwood-markdown-frontmatter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/shelfwood/markdown-frontmatter)[ RSS](/packages/shelfwood-markdown-frontmatter/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (2)Used By (1)

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The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/j-shelfwood/shelfwood-markdown-frontmatter).

###  Health Score

36

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LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance82

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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

95d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e09f1c5f884add18861aa69eaae3c669601e867050f35112ca6691a0c1ba6e7a?d=identicon)[j-shelfwood](/maintainers/j-shelfwood)

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Top Contributors

[![j-shelfwood](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14902964?v=4)](https://github.com/j-shelfwood "j-shelfwood (2 commits)")

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Tags

parseryamlmarkdownfrontmatter

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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