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amacrobert/dice-roller
======================

A command-line polyhedral dice roller, perfect for RPGs

1.0.1(5y ago)011MITPHP

Since Aug 30Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Dice Roller
===========

[](#dice-roller)

*Command-line polyhedral dice roller*

[![CLI Dice Roller Output](https://github.com/amacrobert/dice-roller/raw/master/doc/img/dice-roller-screenshot.jpg)](https://github.com/amacrobert/dice-roller/raw/master/doc/img/dice-roller-screenshot.jpg)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Roll once:

```
$ roll 3d6+2

```

Or roll interactively:

```
$ roll
roll> 3d6+5
roll> d20
roll> quit

```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Install globally via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/):

```
$ composer global require amacrobert/dice-roller

```

2. If you don't already have your global composer bin directory as part of your PATH, add it in your shell profile:

```
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin/

```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2086d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/402f1809838666f366546bd156ba3a52c22f6e24828d4789a4f47e4fca229813?d=identicon)[amacrobert](/maintainers/amacrobert)

---

Top Contributors

[![amacrobert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1427361?v=4)](https://github.com/amacrobert "amacrobert (3 commits)")

---

Tags

clidicerpgdie

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