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alecrabbit/php-cli-snake
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Lightweight cli spinner with zero dependencies

0.6.0(5y ago)29211.3k↓23.3%25MITPHPPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

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🐍 PHP CLI Snake
===============

[](#-php-cli-snake)

Lightweight cli snake spinner with zero dependencies
----------------------------------------------------

[](#lightweight-cli-snake-spinner-with-zero-dependencies)

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[![advanced](docs/images/fpdemo.svg)](docs/images/fpdemo.svg)

### Zero dependencies

[](#zero-dependencies)

```
"require": {
  "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0"
}

```

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require alecrabbit/php-cli-snake
```

### Quickstart

[](#quickstart)

```
require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use AlecRabbit\Snake\Spinner;
use React\EventLoop\Factory;

$s = new Spinner();

$loop = Factory::create();

$loop->addPeriodicTimer($s->interval(), static function () use ($s) {
    $s->spin();
});

$s->begin();

$loop->run();

$s->end();
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

See [examples](./examples)

### Feature comparision

[](#feature-comparision)

Feature[php-console-spinner](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-console-spinner)[php-cli-snake](https://github.com/alecrabbit/php-cli-snake)Lightweight❌ ️✔️Has zero dependencies❌ ️✔️Highly configurable✔️ ️❌Contains various spinner classes✔️ ️❌Progress indicator✔️ ️❌Messages indicator✔️ ️❌Color settings for spinner✔️ ️❌Color settings for messages✔️ ️❌Color settings for progress indicator✔️ ️❌Has `disable()` method✔️ ️❌Has `enable()` method✔️ ️❌Can show final message✔️ ️❌Cursor hide can be disabled✔️ ️❌Can use optional custom output✔️ ️❌Has `erase()` method✔️ ️✔️ ️Hides cursor with `$spinner->begin()`✔️ ️✔️ ️Shows cursor with `$spinner->end()`✔️ ️✔️ ️Supports piping✔️ ️✔️ ️Supports redirect✔️ ️✔️ ️Supports `no color` mode✔️ ️✔️ ️Supports `16 color` mode✔️ ️✔️ ️Supports `256 color` mode✔️ ️✔️ ️

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~61 days

Recently: every ~106 days

Total

8

Last Release

1976d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP >=7.2

0.6.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fd47373a86071491b154326d2437fb6fb444ec02d87d22d7d203f67e1de6e5b5?d=identicon)[alecrabbit](/maintainers/alecrabbit)

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Top Contributors

[![alecrabbit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11045453?v=4)](https://github.com/alecrabbit "alecrabbit (118 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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