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daedalus/daedalus
=================

PHP Task runner

4770PHP

Since Feb 11Pushed 11y agoCompare

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daedalus/daedalus
=================

[](#daedalusdaedalus)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fd3ea5e63e1277a92726995901d3dc705f088ad3970fcf9e07baaed09a2c9d24/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f4a6f7368756145737465732f44616564616c75732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/JoshuaEstes/Daedalus) [![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/381c215a30cb6a1d8b37e8b961a83d42521ff6c825ef227d4769a6ebc2bb3c46/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f4a6f7368756145737465732f44616564616c75732f62616467652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/r/JoshuaEstes/Daedalus?branch=master) [![Documentation Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/28675a7093fd30fb8f727bf493b260f744dba44fc766915d6c7eb9f130285c62/68747470733a2f2f72656164746865646f63732e6f72672f70726f6a656374732f64616564616c75732f62616467652f3f76657273696f6e3d6c6174657374)](https://readthedocs.org/projects/daedalus/?badge=latest) [![SensioLabsInsight](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/40b6071a4cc0cb0c4570359f9f46d8a8917b11009db90056c6b85be6065dcb49/68747470733a2f2f696e73696768742e73656e73696f6c6162732e636f6d2f70726f6a656374732f35363461373434612d396333372d343135312d386465362d6632323633326430353531382f6d696e692e706e67)](https://insight.sensiolabs.com/projects/564a744a-9c37-4151-8de6-f22632d05518) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d4b42913d638ece559d0efebc3479f1a0e07bde05c70788adcd8f6b1d059da87/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f64616564616c75732f64616564616c75732f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/daedalus/daedalus) [![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7bb4f9cac09b420508df68c753b9181371cdb787c5709499d30fb2a90c7b175b/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f64616564616c75732f64616564616c75732f646f776e6c6f6164732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/daedalus/daedalus) [![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/919a37872e40fe29aca9f84c69fecb9e46a8d512e65eddb2e3e6cec1b61841b2/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f64616564616c75732f64616564616c75732f762f756e737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/daedalus/daedalus) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b0446f6ab84dc37b4a808a6150beb1a49d47c176a8e580952aa8204b1058e57a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f64616564616c75732f64616564616c75732f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/daedalus/daedalus)

Daedalus is a PHP Build Tool that aims to allow developers ultimate control over there builds. The tool is self contained and you can get usage help by just running the `help ` task.

For an example build file, look at this projects build.yml file.

Features
========

[](#features)

- Supports yaml build files. (Note: future versions will support other formats)
- Properties file support
- Easy to use
- Highly customizable
- Leverages other MIT licensed projects
- Lots of easy to read and understand documentation

Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

See [http://daedalus.readthedocs.org](http://daedalus.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) for the latest documentation.

License
=======

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Joshua Estes

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)[Joshua Estes](/maintainers/joshuaestes)[@JoshuaEstes](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes)

---

Top Contributors

[![JoshuaEstes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes "JoshuaEstes (17 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/daedalus-daedalus/health.svg)

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