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dasprid/flitch
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PHP Coding Standard Validator

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Since Apr 4Pushed 13y ago7 watchersCompare

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```
Flitch - PHP coding standard validator
======================================

About
-----
Flitch is a coding standard validator for PHP, meant as a replacement for
PHPCS. It is partly based on PHPca  by
Stefan Priebsch, but should not be confused with a fork of it.

Flitch will scan through your source files and detect coding standard
violations. Currently it ships with PSR-1 and PSR-2 as core standards, but can
be extended by custom standards.

Why replace PHPCS?
------------------
Since this question came up a few times already, here is a list of reasons:

- PHPCS is known to be a memory hog.
- It is not trivial to write complex rules for PHPCS.
- It is complicated to write unit tests for rules.
- Flitch is written completly modular, so it can be reused in other
  applications.
- Last but not least, competition is a good thing.

Adding custom standards
-----------------------
Custom standards should be located in the directory .flitch/standards
in your home directory.

Installation
------------
To install Flitch, simply clone it with git. Additionally you can symlink the
"flitch" executable to a directory in your PATH.

Using Flitch
------------
For command line options, run flitch --help

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

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

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---

Top Contributors

[![DASPRiD](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/233300?v=4)](https://github.com/DASPRiD "DASPRiD (47 commits)")

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