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brainmaestro/tldr
=================

PHP Client for tldr

1.1.0(8y ago)201943[2 issues](https://github.com/BrainMaestro/tldr-php/issues)MITPHP

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tldr-php
========

[](#tldr-php)

[![Travis](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/70552ab8fb327c1315722233eae1ae0299c4f11bb298d472b6e1a77245f55c08/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f427261696e4d61657374726f2f746c64722d7068702e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/BrainMaestro/tldr-php)[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8ce1152303ebf75dbe9aa7168b6675c3d36795bc57bd3f096c4ae110a6ea1688/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f627261696e6d61657374726f2f746c64722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/brainmaestro/tldr)

> A `PHP` based command-line client for [tldr](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr).

[![tldr screenshot](screenshot.png)](screenshot.png)

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

```
composer global require brainmaestro/tldr
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To see tldr pages:

- `tldr ` show examples for this command
- `tldr  --p=` show command page for the given platform (`linux`, `osx`, `sunos`)

The client caches a copy of all pages locally, in `~/.tldr`. There are more commands to control the local cache:

- `tldr --update` download latest version of pages in your local cache
- `tldr --clear-cache` delete the entire local cache

Related
-------

[](#related)

- [tldr-node-client](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-node-client) - source of documentation and cache functionality

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT © Ezinwa Okpoechi

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.4% 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 ~75 days

Total

3

Last Release

3132d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1738373?v=4)[Ezinwa Okpoechi](/maintainers/brainmaestro)[@BrainMaestro](https://github.com/BrainMaestro)

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Top Contributors

[![BrainMaestro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1738373?v=4)](https://github.com/BrainMaestro "BrainMaestro (19 commits)")[![owenvoke](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1899334?v=4)](https://github.com/owenvoke "owenvoke (7 commits)")[![pixelcmtd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35269695?v=4)](https://github.com/pixelcmtd "pixelcmtd (1 commits)")

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Tags

php7tldrtldr-pagestldr-php

###  Code Quality

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