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eiriksm/wait-for-listen
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Waits until a port is listening.

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wait-for-listen
===============

[](#wait-for-listen)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require eiriksm/wait-for-listen

```

...or probably you want this as a dev requirement:

```
composer require eiriksm/wait-for-listen --dev

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This package is useful to use in CI setups before your tests assume a service has started.

So instead of this:

```
- ./some-slow-starting-task-that-exposes-port 8000 &
- sleep 5
- composer test

```

You can now use this:

```
- ./some-slow-starting-task-that-exposes-port 8000 &
- ./vendor/bin/wait-for-listen 8000

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

`wait-for-listen` has 3 options. Port, host and timeout.

They are specified like this:

```
./vendor/bin/wait-for-listen  [host] [timeout]

```

### Port (required)

[](#port-required)

Specify a port to wait for.

### Host (optional)

[](#host-optional)

Specify an optional host. The default is `127.0.0.1`.

### Timeout (optional)

[](#timeout-optional)

Specify a timeout. The default is 10.

### Licence

[](#licence)

WTFPL.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance28

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~56 days

Total

2

Last Release

3224d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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