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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. gesdinet/bidla ActiveApplication[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) gesdinet/bidla ============== Bidla is a PHP Tool for help developers to generate Changelog and Contributors files v1.0.4(11y ago)119MITPHP Since Jan 23Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/gesdinet/bidla)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gesdinet/bidla)[ Docs](https://github.com/gesdinet/bidla)[ RSS](/packages/gesdinet-bidla/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (6)Used By (0) BIDLA ===== [](#bidla) Bidla is a PHP Tool for help developers to generates Changelog and Contributors files. Bidla reads your VCS log and generates a changelog/contributors file to include in your repository. INSTALLATION ------------ [](#installation) ### Locally [](#locally) Download the [`bidla.phar`](http://gesdinet.github.io/bidla/download/bidla.phar) file and store it somewhere on your computer. ### Globally (manual) [](#globally-manual) You can run these commands to easily access `bidla.phar` from anywhere on your system: ``` $ wget http://gesdinet.github.io/bidla/download/bidla.phar -O bidla ``` or with curl: ``` $ curl http://gesdinet.github.io/bidla/download/bidla.phar -o bidla ``` ``` $ sudo chmod a+x bidla $ sudo mv bidla /usr/local/bin/bidla ``` Then, just run `bidla` ### Globally (composer) [](#globally-composer) To install bidla, install Composer and issue the following command: ``` $ ./composer.phar global require gesdinet/bidla ``` Then, make sure you have `~/.composer/vendor/bin` in your `PATH`, and you're good to go: ``` export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin" ``` Then, just run `bidla` Use --- [](#use) In this early release Bidla only supports Git and Markdown: These commands puts by default git, markdown, and CHANGELOG.md or CONTRIBUTORS.md - bidla changelog - bidla contributors > Bidla changelog is going to ask you for the next tag release name. This happens cause if you tag before generate CHANGELOG then CHANGELOG file not be included in release and if you tag after Bidla can´t read last tag name. Workflow is: 1. First commit all changes for release 2. Generate CHANGELOG and CONTRIBUTORS files with next tag name and commit them 3. Tag your release 4. Push your changes to remote ### Optional arguments [](#optional-arguments) Bidla accepts three input arguments - bidla \[vcs\] \[file\] \[filename\] \###Note > Actually bidla only supports git and markdown UPDATE ------ [](#update) ### Locally (actually doesn´t work, need to re-download .phar) [](#locally-actually-doesnt-work-need-to-re-download-phar) The `self-update` command tries to update `bidla` itself: ``` $ bidla.phar update ``` ### Globally (manual) (actually doesn´t work, need to re-download .phar) [](#globally-manual-actually-doesnt-work-need-to-re-download-phar) You can update `bidla` through this command: $ sudo bidla update ### Globally (Composer) [](#globally-composer-1) You can update `bidla` through this command: $ ./composer.phar global update gesdinet/bidla Example output -------------- [](#example-output) This project CHANGELOG.md and CONTRIBUTORS.md - [**CHANGELOG**](CHANGELOG.md) - [**CONTRIBUTORS**](CONTRIBUTORS.md) How to Collaborate in this Project ---------------------------------- [](#how-to-collaborate-in-this-project) Feel free to open issues LEGAL DISCLAIMER ---------------- [](#legal-disclaimer) This software is published under the MIT License, which states that: > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ### Health Score 29 — LowBetter than 59% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 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 5 Last Release 4127d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c6a33e58698c721e8320faec7ff2781101b276c0cb2eaa70619084a1d60ab889?d=identicon)[markitosgv](/maintainers/markitosgv) --- Top Contributors [![markitosgv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1706470?v=4)](https://github.com/markitosgv "markitosgv (17 commits)") --- Tags generatormarkdowngitchangelogvcscontributors ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/gesdinet-bidla/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/gesdinet-bidla/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/gesdinet-bidla) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/maker-bundle Symfony Maker helps you create empty commands, controllers, form classes, tests and more so you can forget about writing boilerplate code. 3.4k111.1M568](/packages/symfony-maker-bundle)[captainhook/captainhook PHP git hook manager 1.1k6.8M370](/packages/captainhook-captainhook)[justinwalsh/daux.io Documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly 4.6k38.1k1](/packages/justinwalsh-dauxio)[daux/daux.io Documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly 825191.0k1](/packages/daux-dauxio)[psx/schema Parse and generate data schema formats 57238.7k18](/packages/psx-schema)[davidbadura/faker-markdown-generator Faker Markdown Generator 18833.6k10](/packages/davidbadura-faker-markdown-generator) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)