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jimbojsb/yak
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Database migrations and sync tools for PHP

v0.5.7(9y ago)912.3k1[3 issues](https://github.com/jimbojsb/yak/issues)MITPHP

Since Mar 5Pushed 9y ago2 watchersCompare

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About
=====

[](#about)

Yak is a command-line database migration tool written in PHP and designed to interact with MySQL 5.0 and above. It requires PHP 5.3.x with PDO\_MySQL installed. Yak is written with Symfony2 Console.

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

[](#installation)

Yak is distributed as an excutable Phar file with all of it's dependencies bundled. Once you install it initally, the "update-yak" command can keep you up to date. To get your initial install, run the following command in the folder where you'd like Yak to be installed (I recommend /usr/local/bin):

```
curl https://raw.github.com/jimbojsb/yak/master/bin/installer.php | php

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Yak's usage is well documented in the command line help interface.

- To list available commands, just run "yak"
- For help on a specific command, run "yak help \[command\]"

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~192 days

Recently: every ~335 days

Total

8

Last Release

3519d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/107836?v=4)[Josh Butts](/maintainers/jimbojsb)[@jimbojsb](https://github.com/jimbojsb)

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Top Contributors

[![jimbojsb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/107836?v=4)](https://github.com/jimbojsb "jimbojsb (56 commits)")

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