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filicious/core
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filicious is a high level object oriented filesystem abstraction for PHP.

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Filicious high level object oriented filesystem abstraction for PHP
===================================================================

[](#filicious-high-level-object-oriented-filesystem-abstraction-for-php)

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This is a high level filesystem abstraction for php, inspired by the Java filesystem API.

Why another filesystem abstraction?
===================================

[](#why-another-filesystem-abstraction)

We evaluated various *filesystem abstraction* frameworks, like [Gaufrette](https://github.com/KnpLabs/Gaufrette). But none of the frameworks we found, provides a real *filesystem abstraction*. Gaufrette for example is more a `key => value` storage, that uses a filesystem or online storage as source. Some essential functions, like deleting a directory are **not** available in Gaufrette. Copying files across filesystem adapters is also **not** possible.

The benefit of `Filicious` is that it is a unique layer that...

- can be used every time you work with files (also for temporary files)
- can be used across multiple filesystems (also move or copy files between one another)
- is a nearly complete replacement for the php file API
- does **not** hide the file structure
- provides high and low level functions to the filesystem
- works with php iterators
- provides a "merged" filesystem, that builds a merged structure from several filesystems
- supports streaming
- provides configurable public url generation (useful for web apps)

Start with Filicious
====================

[](#start-with-filicious)

```
use Filicious\Local\LocalAdapter;
use Filicious\Filesystem;

// go into your kitchen
$adapter = new LocalAdapter('/var/lib/kitchen');
$kitchen = new Filesystem($adapter);

// and grab the starter menu
$starterMenuInKitchen = $kitchen->getFile('/starter.menu');

// access the lounge
$adapter = new LocalAdapter('/var/lib/lounge');
$lounge  = new Filesystem($adapter);

// and move the starter menu from the kitchen to the lounge
$starterMenuInLounge = $lounge->getFile('/starter.menu');
$starterMenuInKitchen->moveTo($starterMenuInLounge);
```

Find out more on [filicious.github.io/how-to-use](https://filicious.github.io/how-to-use/).

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance14

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 73.4% 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 ~189 days

Total

3

Last Release

4339d ago

Major Versions

0.9.1 → 1.0-alpha12014-08-13

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![tristanlins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/343404?v=4)](https://github.com/tristanlins "tristanlins (201 commits)")[![backbone87](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1196313?v=4)](https://github.com/backbone87 "backbone87 (43 commits)")[![discordier](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/940331?v=4)](https://github.com/discordier "discordier (25 commits)")[![crnjakovic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/101252188?v=4)](https://github.com/crnjakovic "crnjakovic (2 commits)")[![HellPat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1016798?v=4)](https://github.com/HellPat "HellPat (1 commits)")[![stamster](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12804479?v=4)](https://github.com/stamster "stamster (1 commits)")[![Toflar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/481937?v=4)](https://github.com/Toflar "Toflar (1 commits)")

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Tags

filesystemfilevfs

###  Code Quality

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