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bentools/simple-cli
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A very lightweight CLI helper with almost no dependency.

0.2(6y ago)152MITPHPPHP >= 7.1

Since Jan 28Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Simple CLI
==========

[](#simple-cli)

Command-line helper functions, with almost no dependencies, to help you build console scripts quickly.

It is not intended to be a full-featured CLI framework, but rather to help you grab arguments / options that were passed to your script, display some text, and prompt for user input.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require bentools/simple-cli:0.2.*
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
# php thatscript.php --file=some-file foobar
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\cli;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\getOption;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\getArgument;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\writeLn;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\text;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\ask;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\askHidden;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\confirm;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\error;
use function BenTools\SimpleCli\success;

getOption('file'); // some-file
getArgument(0); // foobar
writeLn(text('Hey there!')->yellow());

$user = ask('What is your username?', $default = 'anonymous');
$password = askHidden('Enter your password');

if ('123456' === $password && confirm('Really?')) {
    error('Nope nope nope!', $exit = true);
}

success('Done!');
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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 ~21 days

Total

3

Last Release

2259d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/acdd1a8ee0e657ddd06cf11f98a32100ef7121afb8aa270a5b295f5c29c038b3?d=identicon)[bpolaszek](/maintainers/bpolaszek)

---

Top Contributors

[![bpolaszek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5569077?v=4)](https://github.com/bpolaszek "bpolaszek (4 commits)")

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