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dealnews/console
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Utilities for creating console applications

1.0.1(5mo ago)118.7k↓23.1%11BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

Since Jul 29Pushed 5mo ago2 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (2)Versions (8)Used By (1)

DealNews Console Library
========================

[](#dealnews-console-library)

Command Line Arguments
----------------------

[](#command-line-arguments)

```
#!/bin/env php

```

You get `-h` for *FREE*! Example help output:

```
$ php test.php -h
This is a test app
USAGE:
  test.php  -h [-e EPARAM | -s SPARAM] [--long LONG] [-q] [-v]

OPTIONS:
   -e     EPARAM  Some option called -e
   -h             Shows this help
  --long  LONG    Some long option called --long
   -q             Be quiet. Will override -v
   -s     SPARAM  Some option called -s
   -v             Be verbose. Additional v will increase verbosity. e.g. -vvv

Copyright DealNews.com, Inc.  1997-2015
```

### Verbosity

[](#verbosity)

You also get `-v` and `-q` for *FREE*!

```

```

### Ask Yes or No Questions

[](#ask-yes-or-no-questions)

```

```

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance72

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~947 days

Total

5

Last Release

157d ago

Major Versions

0.2.1 → 1.0.02025-12-09

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.5.0

1.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49531?v=4)[Brian Moon](/maintainers/brianlmoon)[@brianlmoon](https://github.com/brianlmoon)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dbf067b8b1b679cc96fb0e13483a6be5b90cb35dfbb85d471cee151b9fa87417?d=identicon)[dealnews](/maintainers/dealnews)

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Top Contributors

[![brianlmoon](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49531?v=4)](https://github.com/brianlmoon "brianlmoon (13 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

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

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