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glamorous/boiler
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Scripts runner to start a web application from scratch

0.2.0(6y ago)061MITPHPPHP ^7.3CI failing

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Boiler
======

[](#boiler)

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Boiler is a framework to help you create (web)projects instead of using a skeleton project. The reason why this project is built is to win time by not updating your dependencies in your skeleton project.

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

[](#installation)

`composer global require glamorous/boiler`

Make sure the `~/.composer/vendor/bin` directory is in your system's "PATH".

How to use it?
--------------

[](#how-to-use-it)

### Create a folder for your (custom) boiler templates

[](#create-a-folder-for-your-custom-boiler-templates)

You can add multiple directories to allow boiler to search templates. To add a directory you only need to run:

```
boiler setup my/path

```

### Create a boiler templates

[](#create-a-boiler-templates)

#### Single boiler-file

[](#single-boiler-file)

A boiler template is a simple yaml file with a couple of steps to execute, so the result is a project.

```
name: Default project

steps:
  - create_readme
  - git

create_readme:
  name: Readme
  script:
    - touch README.md
    - echo '{#PROJECT_NAME#}
           ==============

           This is the default README.md created by boiler.' >README.md

git:
    name: Initialized Git and create first commit
    script:
        - git init
        - git commit -m 'Initial commit'

```

In the above example:

- added a README.md file
- initialize git & created first commit

#### Boiler directory

[](#boiler-directory)

Just like a single boiler yaml-file, you can create a directory with the same name like the yaml-file. All files that are included in this directory will be copied to the new directory. The only file that isn't copied is the yaml-template-file.

### Create a project with your created template

[](#create-a-project-with-your-created-template)

Creating a project based on your `default.yml` template is as simple as:

```
boiler create default

```

The boiler script will create a directory `default` and run the scripts from your template to create your project.

#### Extra options

[](#extra-options)

`--dir`

Define the name of the directory yourself

`--name`

Define the name of the project (can be used in your template as `{#PROJECT_NAME#}`)

Include templates
-----------------

[](#include-templates)

It's possible to include other created templates with extra functions to re-use. Instead of duplicating specific functions for every type of project, you can just include it and call it;

`functions.yml` in a directory where `boiler setup` was run:

```
create_readme:
  name: Readme
  script:
    - touch README.md
    - echo '{#PROJECT_NAME#}
           ==============

           This is the default README.md created by boiler.' >README.md

git:
    name: Initialized Git and create first commit
    script:
        - git init
        - git commit -m 'Initial commit'

```

`default.yml` in a directory where `boiler setup` was run:

```
name: Default project

include:
  - functions

steps:
  - create_readme
  - git

```

Commands
--------

[](#commands)

`boiler create my-template`: Create an application based on the "my-template".

`boiler setup my/path`: Set up a directory as a template directory (path is optional, current directory will be taken).

`boiler remove my/path`: Remove a directory from the template directories (path is optional, current directory will be taken).

`boiler paths`: Show all included template directories.

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. To see a list of the contributors: [all contributors](../../contributors).

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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 ~34 days

Recently: every ~50 days

Total

7

Last Release

2348d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ^7.1

0.2.0PHP ^7.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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