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chieftools/cli
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The Chief Tools CLI.

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Chief Tools CLI
===============

[](#chief-tools-cli)

An easy-to-use command line interface for [Chief Tools](https://chief.app?ref=ghcli).

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

[](#installation)

You can download the PHAR file directly from the GitHub releases page or you can install using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer global require "chieftools/cli:*"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can use the CLI to interact with various Chief Tools. To see the available commands, run:

```
chief
```

Most commands require authentication. You can authenticate using the `chief auth login` command. This will open a browser window where you can log in to your Chief Tools account.

```
chief auth login
```

You can see the current authentication status using the `chief auth status` command.

```
chief auth status
```

Feature requests
----------------

[](#feature-requests)

You can submit feature requests and bug reports on the [roadmap](https://roadmap.chief.tools/projects/cli?ref=ghcli).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Stan Menten](https://stanmenten.dev) (Original author)
- [Alex Bouma](https://github.com/stayallive) (Maintainer)
- [Chief Tools](https://chief.app?ref=ghcli)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

If you discover a security vulnerability, please send an e-mail to us at `hello@chief.app`. All security vulnerabilities will be swiftly addressed.

License
-------

[](#license)

The Chief Tools CLI is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.1% 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 ~40 days

Recently: every ~80 days

Total

9

Last Release

114d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1090754?v=4)[Alex Bouma](/maintainers/stayallive)[@stayallive](https://github.com/stayallive)

---

Top Contributors

[![stayallive](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1090754?v=4)](https://github.com/stayallive "stayallive (25 commits)")[![StanMenten99](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26350392?v=4)](https://github.com/StanMenten99 "StanMenten99 (10 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (8 commits)")

---

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