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guillermoandrae/php-cli-skeleton
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Skeleton for PHP CLI projects.

04PHP

Since Jun 2Pushed 7y agoCompare

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PHP CLI Skeleton
================

[](#php-cli-skeleton)

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Interactive PHP CLI applications are easy to build thanks to Symfony's [Console Component](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console.html). This project leverages my [repository library](https://github.com/guillermoandrae/php-repository) for some helper functions and useful classes.

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

[](#installation)

Do this, then relax:

```
composer create-project guillermoandrae/php-cli-skeleton [project name]

```

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d2506dcc85d5af658321cdb08df33f0ebb585c04f24bfcca0f8c05dd6f68bc0f?d=identicon)[guillermoandrae](/maintainers/guillermoandrae)

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Top Contributors

[![guillermoandrae](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/133861?v=4)](https://github.com/guillermoandrae "guillermoandrae (20 commits)")

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