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cline/hcl
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HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language) parser for PHP

2.0.3(3mo ago)13531MITPHPPHP ^8.4.0CI passing

Since Mar 4Pushed 3mo agoCompare

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---

A pure PHP parser for HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language). Parse, validate, and convert HCL to JSON and back.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

> **Requires [PHP 8.4+](https://php.net/releases/)**

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require cline/hcl
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- **[Getting Started](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-getting-started)** - Installation and basic usage
- **[HCL Syntax](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-hcl-syntax)** - Complete syntax reference
- **[Expressions](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-expressions)** - Operators, conditionals, and for expressions
- **[JSON Conversion](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-json-conversion)** - Convert between HCL and JSON
- **[Validation](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-validation)** - Validate configuration files

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please use the [GitHub security reporting form](https://github.com/faustbrian/hcl/security) rather than the issue queue.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License. Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~3 days

Total

5

Last Release

101d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)[Brian Faust](/maintainers/faustbrian)[@faustbrian](https://github.com/faustbrian)

---

Top Contributors

[![faustbrian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)](https://github.com/faustbrian "faustbrian (11 commits)")

---

Tags

phpconfigurationparserhashicorphclterraform

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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