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singular-it/parsedown-extra
===========================

An extension of Parsedown that adds support for Markdown Extra.

0.9.6(3y ago)06611MITPHPPHP >=5.3.6

Since Jun 19Pushed 3y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/patrickK97/parsedown-extra)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/singular-it/parsedown-extra)[ Docs](https://github.com/erusev/parsedown-extra)[ RSS](/packages/singular-it-parsedown-extra/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (30)Used By (1)

> You might also like [Nota](https://nota.md/?ref=parsedown-extra) - our Markdown editor for the Desktop.

Parsedown Extra
---------------

[](#parsedown-extra)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/78fb6cb2444064cfafcc8c439d6cf0c06ce2dbefa18f6a08d6ab2aecfa188ee2/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f6572757365762f7061727365646f776e2d65787472612f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/erusev/parsedown-extra)

An extension of [Parsedown](http://parsedown.org) that adds support for [Markdown Extra](https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/).

[See Demo](http://parsedown.org/extra/)

### Installation

[](#installation)

Include both `Parsedown.php` and `ParsedownExtra.php` or install [the composer package](https://packagist.org/packages/erusev/parsedown-extra).

### Example

[](#example)

```
$Extra = new ParsedownExtra();

echo $Extra->text('# Header {.sth}'); # prints: Header
```

### Questions

[](#questions)

**Who uses Parsedown Extra?**

[October CMS](https://octobercms.com/), [Winter CMS](https://wintercms.com/), [Bolt CMS](https://boltcms.io/), [Kirby CMS](https://getkirby.com/), [Grav CMS](https://getgrav.org/), [Statamic CMS](https://www.statamic.com/) and [more](https://www.versioneye.com/php/erusev:parsedown-extra/references).

**How can I help?**

Use it, star it, share it and in case you feel generous, [donate some money](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=528P3NZQMP8N2).

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.4% 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 ~105 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

29

Last Release

1382d ago

Major Versions

0.8.x-dev → v2.0.0-beta-12022-05-21

PHP version history (2 changes)0.8.0-beta-1PHP >=5.3.6

v2.0.0-beta-1PHP ^7.1||^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/36a6690c2aa659b88f785375a84f4950dbd610421d057d93875a4dba9be2a992?d=identicon)[patrickK97](/maintainers/patrickK97)

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Top Contributors

[![erusev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/184170?v=4)](https://github.com/erusev "erusev (67 commits)")[![aidantwoods](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3288888?v=4)](https://github.com/aidantwoods "aidantwoods (16 commits)")[![PhrozenByte](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/920356?v=4)](https://github.com/PhrozenByte "PhrozenByte (9 commits)")[![LukeTowers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7253840?v=4)](https://github.com/LukeTowers "LukeTowers (1 commits)")[![nwtn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/786799?v=4)](https://github.com/nwtn "nwtn (1 commits)")[![patrickK97](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/110100466?v=4)](https://github.com/patrickK97 "patrickK97 (1 commits)")[![tiogatours](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18617868?v=4)](https://github.com/tiogatours "tiogatours (1 commits)")[![drjdr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55947988?v=4)](https://github.com/drjdr "drjdr (1 commits)")[![GrahamCampbell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2829600?v=4)](https://github.com/GrahamCampbell "GrahamCampbell (1 commits)")

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Tags

parsermarkdownmarkdown-extraparsedown

###  Code Quality

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