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chiron/app-cli
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Chiron Skeleton Console Application

1.0.3(4y ago)110MITPHPPHP ^7.2CI failing

Since Jun 21Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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

[](#installation)

If you do not have [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/), you may install it by following the instructions at [getcomposer.org](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md).

You can then install this project template using the following command:

```
$ composer create-project chiron/app-cli [my-app-name]
```

> Replace \[my-app-name\] with the desired directory name for your new application.

Cloning
-------

[](#cloning)

> This section applies only if you cloned this repo with `git clone`, not when installed with `composer create-project ...`.

Make sure to properly install composer dependencies if you cloned the existing repository.

```
$ composer install                      # Install the projet composer dependencies
```

Command Line
------------

[](#command-line)

To start application console execute:

```
$ php app.php quote
```

> This will generate a random quote from Terry Pratchett books. Read more about the quotes [here](https://bookriot.com/terry-pratchett-quotes/).

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

To test an application:

```
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit
```

or

```
$ composer phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~81 days

Recently: every ~94 days

Total

6

Last Release

1748d ago

Major Versions

0.2 → 1.0.02021-01-05

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16743322?v=4)[ncou](/maintainers/ncou)[@ncou](https://github.com/ncou)

---

Top Contributors

[![ncou](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16743322?v=4)](https://github.com/ncou "ncou (34 commits)")

---

Tags

consoleappapplicationSkeletonchiron

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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