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ixnode/php-cli-image
====================

PHP Cli Image - This library converts a given image to ASCII string.

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PHP Cli Image
=============

[](#php-cli-image)

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> This library prints a given image to cli as ascii string.

1. Usage
--------

[](#1-usage)

```
use Ixnode\PhpCliImage\CliImage;
```

### 1.1 Simple example

[](#11-simple-example)

```
$file = new File('path/to/image');
$width = 80;
$image = new CliImage($file);

print $image->getAsciiString($width);
```

2. Installation
---------------

[](#2-installation)

```
composer require ixnode/php-cli-image
```

```
vendor/bin/php-cli-image -V
```

```
php-cli-image 0.1.0 (03-07-2023 01:17:26) - Björn Hempel
```

3. Command line tool
--------------------

[](#3-command-line-tool)

> Used to quickly check the image output of given image.

```
bin/console ci docs/image/world-map.png --engine=gd-image --width=80
```

or within your composer project:

```
vendor/bin/php-cli-image ci vendor/ixnode/php-cli-image/docs/image/world-map.png
```

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```

[![Services](docs/image/world-map-cli.png)](docs/image/world-map-cli.png)

4. Library development
----------------------

[](#4-library-development)

```
git clone git@github.com:ixnode/php-cli-image.git && cd php-cli-image
```

```
composer install
```

```
composer test
```

5. License
----------

[](#5-license)

This library is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](/LICENSE) file for details.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance33

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~80 days

Recently: every ~96 days

Total

7

Last Release

527d ago

Major Versions

0.1.3 → 1.0.02024-12-07

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b92095b1e1e279ccad060449bca0e21bf613b6e33796d878f7bfc212a4680bad?d=identicon)[ixnode](/maintainers/ixnode)

---

Top Contributors

[![bjoern-hempel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5531245?v=4)](https://github.com/bjoern-hempel "bjoern-hempel (14 commits)")

---

Tags

phpcliimagegifasciipngjpegjpg

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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