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alecrabbit/php-cli-tools
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CLI tools for php.

0.6.0(6y ago)144.7k↓41.2%1MITPHPPHP >=7.2CI failing

Since Apr 15Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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🖥️ PHP Cli Tools
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[](#️-php-cli-tools)

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### Tested Operating Systems

[](#tested-operating-systems)

OSUbuntu Linux (18.04 LTS)

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.4% 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 ~9 days

Total

23

Last Release

2436d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.0PHP ^7.2

0.1.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11045453?v=4)[Alec](/maintainers/alecrabbit)[@alecrabbit](https://github.com/alecrabbit)

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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