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electro/installer
=================

A command line tool to create new Electro framework projects

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electro installer
=================

[](#electro-installer)

> A command line tool to create new *Electro framework* projects

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

[](#installation)

#### Runtime requirements

[](#runtime-requirements)

- Bash &gt;= v3
- Composer

#### Installing Composer

[](#installing-composer)

You need [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) both to install this tool and to be able to create *Electro framework* projects. So, before proceeding, you will need to make sure you have Composer installed on your machine.

#### Installing the tool

[](#installing-the-tool)

Open a terminal window and run the following command:

```
composer global require electro/installer
```

This will install the tool globally, so you may access it from the terminal on any directory.

> Make sure you have the path to the global Composer-installed binaries configured on your `$PATH` environment variable, otherwise you'll not be able to run the `electro` command after installation.
>
> You may set the `$PATH` on several places, such as the `~/.profile` or `~/.bash_profile` files. You should have a line similar to this one:
>
> ```
> PATH="~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
> ```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

On the parent folder, where the new project folder will be created, issue the **electro create *project-name*** command on your terminal.

For example, this will install a working Electro prototype project into the `your-project-name` folder:

```
electro create your-project-name --unstable
```

There are some additional command-line options that you may specify. You can find out more about them by typing:

```
electro
```

It will display inline documentation for the tool.

Update
------

[](#update)

At some point in the future, you may need to update this tool to a newer version, to take advantage of bug fixes or new features, or to remain compatible with a newer version of Electro.

You can use the tool itself to check for updates and, if any is available, automatically update itself.

Just type:

```
electro self-update
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The Electro framework is open-source software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). See the LICENSE file.

**Electro framework** - Copyright © Cláudio Silva and Impactwave, Lda.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 76% of packages

Maintenance34

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.2% 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 ~575 days

Recently: every ~694 days

Total

6

Last Release

648d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02018-04-09

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/750f00fdbb8cb2fd1c11c5c26b512217451bb001ac48a77542efa7123b9e2124?d=identicon)[impactwave](/maintainers/impactwave)

---

Top Contributors

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