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innmind/cli
===========

Library to build CLI tools

5.0.0(3mo ago)172.9k↓27.3%[1 issues](https://github.com/Innmind/CLI/issues)13MITPHPPHP ~8.4CI passing

Since Feb 22Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare

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CLI
===

[](#cli)

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CLI is a small library to wrap all the needed informations to build a command line tool. The idea to build this came while reading the [ponylang](https://www.ponylang.org/) [documentation](https://tutorial.ponylang.org/getting-started/how-it-works.html) realising that other languages use a similar approach for the entry point of the app, so I decided to have something similar for PHP.

The said approach is to have a `main` function as the starting point of execution of your code. This function has a the environment it runs in passed as argument so there's no need for global variables. However since not everything can be passed down as argument (it would complicate the interface), [ambient authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_authority) can be exercised (as in regular PHP script).

Important

To correctly use this library you must validate your code with [`vimeo/psalm`](https://packagist.org/packages/vimeo/psalm)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require innmind/cli
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation can be found at .

###  Health Score

55

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity92

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~93 days

Recently: every ~207 days

Total

32

Last Release

99d ago

Major Versions

1.8.1 → 2.0.02020-02-10

2.3.0 → 3.0.02022-06-24

3.6.0 → 4.0.02025-07-13

4.0.0 → 5.0.02026-02-08

PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0PHP ~7.2

2.0.0PHP ~7.4

2.3.0PHP ~7.4|~8.0

3.0.0PHP ~8.1

3.4.0PHP ~8.2

5.0.0PHP ~8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/851425?v=4)[Baptiste Langlade](/maintainers/Baptouuuu)[@Baptouuuu](https://github.com/Baptouuuu)

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Top Contributors

[![Baptouuuu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/851425?v=4)](https://github.com/Baptouuuu "Baptouuuu (273 commits)")

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Tags

cli

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