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alexbowers/treegen
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Convert a tabbed nested string into a formatted tree view

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Since Apr 12Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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treegen
=======

[](#treegen)

A text based tree generator for use in documents.

Example Input
-------------

[](#example-input)

```
Level 0 Child 1
Level 0 Child 2
    Level 1 Child 1
        Level 1 Child 1 Grandchild 1
    Level 1 Child 2
        Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1
            Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1 Great-grandchild 1
            Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1 Great-grandchild 2
            Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1 Great-grandchild 3
        Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 2
            Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 2 Great-grandchild 1

```

Example Output
--------------

[](#example-output)

```
┌── Level 0 Child 1
├── Level 0 Child 2
|   ├── Level 1 Child 1
|   |   └── Level 1 Child 1 Grandchild 1
|   └── Level 1 Child 2
|   |   ├── Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1
|   |   |   ├── Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1 Great-grandchild 1
|   |   |   ├── Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1 Great-grandchild 2
|   |   |   └── Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 1 Great-grandchild 3
|   |   └── Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 2
|   |   |   └── Level 1 Child 2 Grandchild 2 Great-grandchild 1
└──

```

Still under active development. Will work on cleaning up code, and output.
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###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/842974?v=4)[Alex Bowers](/maintainers/alexbowers)[@alexbowers](https://github.com/alexbowers)

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