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cliphar/cliphar-skeleton
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PHP framework for CLI apps

2.0.0(10y ago)378MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Jan 21Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cliphar
=======

[](#cliphar)

A project template for building cliphar apps

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
composer create-project cliphar/cliphar-skeleton
cd cliphar-skeleton
git init
git add -A
git commit -am"First commit"
composer update --no-dev
box build
php cliphar-skeleton.phar

```

To be able to compile the phar you need to install [box](https://github.com/box-project/box2)

\*Note: Keep in mind that box requires the option `phar.readonly = false` in your php.ini

For more info about usage read the [Cliphar docs](https://github.com/jjtorroglosa/cliphar)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~110 days

Total

3

Last Release

3906d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02015-08-29

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a87f61e459ea164445fb8fe5d8ebe6d84c8f870a25b4e23ff4fdc497f3987a5b?d=identicon)[jjtorroglosa](/maintainers/jjtorroglosa)

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Top Contributors

[![jjtorroglosa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3533760?v=4)](https://github.com/jjtorroglosa "jjtorroglosa (5 commits)")

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Tags

climicroframework

###  Code Quality

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