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holycowzorz/mybb-installer
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A Command-Line Interface installer for MyBB

v1.2.1(9y ago)137[2 PRs](https://github.com/HoLyCoWzOrZ/mybb-installer/pulls)MITPHP

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MyBB-Installer
==============

[](#mybb-installer)

A Command-Line Interface Installer for MyBB

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- You must have [Composer](http://www.getcomposer.org) installed
- You must be running PHP 5.6.30 or later (this may work with older versions of PHP, but I have not tried them out.)

Known Issues
------------

[](#known-issues)

Currently, this utility relies on the [PclZip](http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/) library, however this library hasn't been updated for years. As of right now, this installer comes with a modified version of their library in order to get around a PHP Notice that pops up when using PHP 7. Eventually I would like to remove this dependency on [PclZip](http://www.phpconcept.net/pclzip/).

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

[](#installation)

The easiest (and recommended) way to install this is to run: `composer global require holycowzorz/mybb-installer`

This will install the MyBB installer into your global composer directory and make sure that the installer is accessible from anywhere on your system.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

`mybb install  --dir `By default, the installer will install into the current directory. Also by default, the newest version of MyBB will be installed. You can specify which version of MyBB you would like to install. You can also change what directory you would like to install MyBB into by adding the `--dir` option.

To Do:
------

[](#to-do)

\- \[ \] Remove dependency of PclZip (Not worth the time since MyBB 2.0 will be the next major release.)

- Write documentation/comments for code
- Add the ability to download and extract MyBB 2.0
- Allow users to configure/setup the MyBB installation

Version History
---------------

[](#version-history)

See [Changelog](https://github.com/HoLyCoWzOrZ/mybb-installer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)

Special Thanks
--------------

[](#special-thanks)

Thanks to [@taylorotwell](https://github.com/taylorotwell) for creating the [Laravel installer](https://github.com/laravel/installer) which gave me the idea to create this MyBB installer. I also used a little bit of code from the [Laravel installer](https://github.com/laravel/installer) to speed things up.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

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 ~9 days

Total

4

Last Release

3318d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/115906322?v=4)[HoLyCoW](/maintainers/HoLyCoWzOrZ)[@HoLyCoWzOrZ](https://github.com/HoLyCoWzOrZ)

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