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gilbitron/handle
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A static site generator powered by PHP and the command line

0.1.4(9y ago)30123[5 issues](https://github.com/gilbitron/Handle/issues)MITPHP

Since Apr 12Pushed 8y ago4 watchersCompare

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Handle
======

[](#handle)

A static site generator powered by PHP and the command line.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

See [handlecli.com](https://handlecli.com/) for full documentation.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Handle was created by [Gilbert Pellegrom](http://gilbert.pellegrom.me) from [Dev7studios](http://dev7studios.co). Released under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~23 days

Total

4

Last Release

3616d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/20011de485eeea26b5582c75daaab217937832762b5d5f551d34d07f74138bb0?d=identicon)[gilbitron](/maintainers/gilbitron)

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Top Contributors

[![gilbitron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/203882?v=4)](https://github.com/gilbitron "gilbitron (56 commits)")

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Tags

cliphpstatic-site-generatorcligeneratorstaticsite

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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