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grasmash/yaml-cli
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A command line tool for reading and manipulating yaml files.

3.2.1(2y ago)2523.6M—4%14[4 PRs](https://github.com/grasmash/yaml-cli/pulls)9MITPHPPHP >=8.0

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Yet another command line tool for reading and manipulating yaml files, built on the [Symfony console component](http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console.html).

### Commands:

[](#commands)

CommandDescriptionget:valueGet a value for a specific key in a YAML file.get:typeGet the data type of a value in a YAML file.lintValidates that a given YAML file has valid syntax.unset:keyUnset a specific key in a YAML file.update:keyChange a specific key in a YAML file.update:valueUpdate the value for a specific key in a YAML file.### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require grasmash/yaml-cli

```

### Example usage:

[](#example-usage)

```
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli get:value somefile.yml some-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli get:type somefile.yml some-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli lint somefile.yml
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli unset:value somefile.yml some-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:key somefile.yml old-key new-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key some-value

# Cast to boolean.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key false
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key true
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 0 --type=boolean
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 0 --type=bool

# Cast to null.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key null
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key ~ --type=null

# Cast to integer.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1 --type=integer
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1 --type=int

# Cast to float/double/real.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1.0 --type=float
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1.0 --type=double
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1.0 --type=real

# Forcibly cast to string for values that would otherwise be boolean or null.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key true --type=string
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key false --type=string
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key null --type=string

```

### Similar tools:

[](#similar-tools)

- Javascript -
- Ruby - [https://github.com/rubyworks/yaml\_command](https://github.com/rubyworks/yaml_command)
- Python -

### Recognition

[](#recognition)

This project was inspired by the yaml commands in [Drupal Console](https://drupalconsole.com/).

###  Health Score

60

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance59

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity60

Solid adoption and visibility

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.7% 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 ~134 days

Recently: every ~354 days

Total

26

Last Release

53d ago

Major Versions

0.3.4 → 1.0.02017-03-16

1.x-dev → 2.0.02020-02-24

2.x-dev → 3.0.02022-02-24

3.x-dev → 4.x-dev2026-03-26

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1PHP >=5.6

3.0.1PHP >=8.0

4.x-devPHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1f0a67482f1db7967656e00f2671283ce1aa4ee8ecb934104bfaf39774a9d563?d=identicon)[grasmash](/maintainers/grasmash)

---

Top Contributors

[![grasmash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/539205?v=4)](https://github.com/grasmash "grasmash (85 commits)")[![greg-1-anderson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/612191?v=4)](https://github.com/greg-1-anderson "greg-1-anderson (1 commits)")[![larowlan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/555254?v=4)](https://github.com/larowlan "larowlan (1 commits)")

---

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###  Code Quality

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