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gimme/gimme
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A simple command line tool written in PHP to download files of a specified type from a specified location.

v1.2.0-alpha(9y ago)174MITPHP

Since Jan 17Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Gimme
=====

[](#gimme)

[![Gimme](assets/example.gif "Gimme")](assets/example.gif)

A simple command line tool written in PHP to download files of a specified type from a specified location.

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

[](#installation)

### via Composer

[](#via-composer)

```
composer global require gimme/gimme:dev-master

```

Be sure `$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin` is in your $PATH. This exposes the `gimme` executable.

Run
---

[](#run)

After you've gotten Gimme installed, you can run it like so:

```
gimme files

```

Options
-------

[](#options)

```
gimme files --include-size=true         // Include total combined size for all files, can be slow with a large number of files.

```

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

Contributors are very welcome. I made this tool so I wouldn't have to download PDF's individually, but it could be smarter and more powerful. If you have improvements, bug fixes, etc. just send a pull request!

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

3402d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e7c254290222b725ad4654ceaf2b0ec1624f84fe7882f6d2fd3f1aa865efb8b6?d=identicon)[SparksCoding](/maintainers/SparksCoding)

---

Top Contributors

[![mattsparks](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1678388?v=4)](https://github.com/mattsparks "mattsparks (11 commits)")

---

Tags

clicommand-linecommand-line-appdownloaddownloaderphp

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