PHPackages                             yggverse/gemtext - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing)
4. /
5. yggverse/gemtext

ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing)

yggverse/gemtext
================

PHP 8 library for text/gemini

1.0.2(1y ago)033MITPHP

Since Jun 26Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/YGGverse/gemtext-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/yggverse/gemtext)[ Docs](https://github.com/yggverse/gemtext)[ RSS](/packages/yggverse-gemtext/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today

READMEChangelog (3)DependenciesVersions (4)Used By (0)

gemtext-php
===========

[](#gemtext-php)

Lightweight, object-oriented PHP 8 library for [Gemtext](https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/gemtext.gmi) markup

See also
--------

[](#see-also)

- [gemini-php](https://github.com/YGGverse/gemini-php) - PHP 8 Client library for Gemini protocol connections

Integrations
------------

[](#integrations)

- [gemini-dl](https://github.com/YGGverse/gemini-dl) - CLI batch downloader for Gemini protocol
- [Yoda](https://github.com/YGGverse/Yoda) - PHP-GTK Browser for Gemini protocol

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require yggverse/gemtext
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

### Parse existing document

[](#parse-existing-document)

```
// Load document from file
$document = new \Yggverse\Gemtext\Document(
    file_get_contents(
        'tests/data/document.gmi'
    )
);

// Get links
foreach ($document->getLinks() as $link)
{
    print(
        $link->toString()
    );
}
```

### Create new document

[](#create-new-document)

```
// Init new document
$document = new \Yggverse\Gemtext\Document;

// Append header
$document->append(
    new \Yggverse\Gemtext\Entity\Header(
        'Hello world'
    )
);

// Init new link
$link = new \Yggverse\Gemtext\Entity\Link(
    'gemini://geminiprotocol.net',
    'The Gemini Program',
    '1965-01-19'
);

// Change link date
$link->setDate(
    date('Y-m-d')
);

// Append link
$document->append(
    $link
);

// Get gemtext
print(
    $document->toString()
);

// Save to file
file_put_contents(
    '/path/to/file.gmi',
    $document->toString()
)
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

Every ~5 days

Total

3

Last Release

726d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/108541346?v=4)[d47081](/maintainers/d47081)[@d47081](https://github.com/d47081)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/129769985?v=4)[YGGverse](/maintainers/YGGverse)[@YGGverse](https://github.com/YGGverse)

---

Top Contributors

[![d47081](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/108541346?v=4)](https://github.com/d47081 "d47081 (1 commits)")

---

Tags

composergeminigemini-phpgemini-protocolgemtextgemtext-phplibraryparserphptext-geminiparsermarkupGeminiyggversegemini-protocolgemtexttext-gemini

### Embed Badge

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

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/yggverse-gemtext/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/yggverse-gemtext)
```

###  Alternatives

[nikic/php-parser

A PHP parser written in PHP

17.4k954.1M2.4k](/packages/nikic-php-parser)[doctrine/lexer

PHP Doctrine Lexer parser library that can be used in Top-Down, Recursive Descent Parsers.

11.2k959.2M159](/packages/doctrine-lexer)[erusev/parsedown

Parser for Markdown.

15.1k156.8M864](/packages/erusev-parsedown)[league/commonmark

Highly-extensible PHP Markdown parser which fully supports the CommonMark spec and GitHub-Flavored Markdown (GFM)

3.0k437.5M1.0k](/packages/league-commonmark)[masterminds/html5

An HTML5 parser and serializer.

1.8k269.7M319](/packages/masterminds-html5)[sabberworm/php-css-parser

Parser for CSS Files written in PHP

1.8k211.0M74](/packages/sabberworm-php-css-parser)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)