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hhpack/process
==============

Process utility library for Hack

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process
=======

[](#process)

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Basic usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Start the process, it is an example to wait until the end.
information of stdout and stderr are output to the buffer.

```
use HHPack\Process;

async function main() : Awaitable
{
  $result = await Process\exec('hh_client restart');
  $result->stdout()->display();
  $result->stderr()->display();

  $result = await Process\exec('hh_client check --json');
  $result->display();

  exit(0);
}
```

Execution of the script
-----------------------

[](#execution-of-the-script)

If you want to run the script, you can run in **execFile** function.

```
use HHPack\Process;

async function main() : Awaitable
{
  $result = await Process\execFile('/path/to/example.hh', [ 'a', 'b' ]);
  $result->stdout()->display();
  $result->stderr()->display();

  exit(0);
}
```

Manual control of the process
-----------------------------

[](#manual-control-of-the-process)

You can use the **spawn** function to generate a new child process.
To wait for the generated child process to finish use the **wait** method.

```
use HHPack\Process;
use HHPack\Process\ProcessOptions;

async function pipe_example() : Awaitable
{
  $options = new ProcessOptions();
  $options->stdout(new Stdout());
  $options->stderr(new Stderr());

  using ($p = Process\spawn('hh_client restart', [], $options)) {
    await $p->wait();
  }

  exit(0);
}
```

Run the test
------------

[](#run-the-test)

You can run the test with the following command.

```
composer install
composer test

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~79 days

Recently: every ~90 days

Total

17

Last Release

2591d ago

Major Versions

0.4.0 → 1.0.02017-02-17

### Community

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