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geoffselby/craft-installer
==========================

Craft CMS installer.

v1.1.0(9y ago)220MITPHP

Since Jan 16Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Craft Installer
===============

[](#craft-installer)

Install Craft CMS from the command line.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer global require geoffselby/craft-installer
```

Upgrading
---------

[](#upgrading)

```
composer global update geoffselby/craft-installer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Make sure `~/.composer/vendor/bin` is in your terminal's path.

```
cd ~/Sites
craft new awesome-new-craft-site
```

After entering your database credentials, the installer will download the latest version of Craft and install it in the directory you provided. Sit back and relax because it may take a minute or two.

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

Inspired by [Laravel Installer](https://github.com/laravel/installer)

License
-------

[](#license)

Craft Installer is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~1 days

Total

4

Last Release

3399d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86513d9a9475578032264ee9620d33234e436271109dd2bdc7e3cb788833c2a0?d=identicon)[geoffselby](/maintainers/geoffselby)

---

Top Contributors

[![GeoffSelby](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6684498?v=4)](https://github.com/GeoffSelby "GeoffSelby (4 commits)")

---

Tags

Craftcraftcmscraft installer

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