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apex/cli
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Develop efficient console applications.

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Apex CLI
========

[](#apex-cli)

Quickly and efficiently develop CLI based applications. Features include

- File / directory structure based routing for better organization and single responsibility principle
- Many helper functions to automatically wordwrap all text, get user input, get password, specify new password, get y/n confirmation, render SQL style table, render two column array, and more.
- Support for additional arguments, plus short and long flags with optional values.
- Provides uniform, concise and well structured help screen for all commands.
- Utilizes levenshtein algorithm to automatically detect typos within command names.
- Easily define shortcuts to commands.
- Supports attribute based [dependancy injection](https//github.com/apexpl/container/) providing cleaner and more efficient development.

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

[](#installation)

Install via Composer with:

> `composer require apex/cli`

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

1. [Getting Started](https://github.com/apexpl/cli/blob/master/docs/getting_started.md)
2. [Create CLI Commands](https://github.com/apexpl/cli/blob/master/docs/create.md)
3. [Define Shortcuts](https://github.com/apexpl/cli/blob/master/docs/shortcuts.md)
4. [CLI Help Screen](https://github.com/apexpl/cli/blob/master/docs/help_screen.md)
5. [Cli Function Reference](https://github.com/apexpl/cli/blob/master/docs/functions/index.md)

Follow Apex
-----------

[](#follow-apex)

Loads of good things coming in the near future including new quality open source packages, more advanced articles / tutorials that go over down to earth useful topics, et al. Stay informed by joining the [mailing list](https://apexpl.io/) on our web site, or follow along on Twitter at [@mdizak1](https://twitter.com/mdizak1).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~2 days

Total

3

Last Release

856d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4fe486d2ed7db571c0519bb0d52b08b5e953a911936e87331e736a381ef96f29?d=identicon)[apex](/maintainers/apex)

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Top Contributors

[![apexpl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56146521?v=4)](https://github.com/apexpl "apexpl (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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