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james.xue/code-explain
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What does it mean to explain the code（解释代码是什么意思）

v1.0.0(2y ago)06MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Apr 2Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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code explain
============

[](#code-explain)

What does it mean to explain the code（解释代码是什么意思）

[![code-explain](./docs/code-explain.gif)](./docs/code-explain.gif)

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 8.1

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Composer
--------

[](#composer)

```
composer global require james.xue/code-explain
```

直接下载 [code-explain](./builds/code-explain) 可执行文件
------------------------------------------------

[](#直接下载-code-explain-可执行文件)

```
curl 'https://mirror.ghproxy.com/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xiaoxuan6/code-explain/main/builds/code-explain' -o code-explain --progress-bar
chmod +x code-explain
```

Help
----

[](#help)

```
$ ./code-explain -h
Description:
  What does it mean to explain the code.

Usage:
  explain [options] [--] []

Arguments:
  code                    The code to explain

Options:
  -C, --is-use-clipboard  Use clipboard to get the code to explain
  -h, --help              Display help for the given command. When no command is given display help for the explain command
  -q, --quiet             Do not output any message
  -V, --version           Display this application version
      --ansi|--no-ansi    Force (or disable --no-ansi) ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction    Do not ask any interactive question
      --env[=ENV]         The environment the command should run under
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose    Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

777d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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