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gpanos/explain
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Explain shell commands

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**Explain** a Shell Command

```
# Install
composer global require gpanos/explain

# Use
explain shell "ls -lh"

```

###  Health Score

16

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LowBetter than 4% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity30

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12728267?v=4)[Dimitris Karapanos](/maintainers/gpanos)[@gpanos](https://github.com/gpanos)

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Top Contributors

[![gpanos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12728267?v=4)](https://github.com/gpanos "gpanos (1 commits)")

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