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jin2chen/phpcs-phar
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PHP\_CodeSniffer Phar distribution.

3.6.0(4y ago)0244BSD-3-ClauseBatchfilePHP >=5.4.0

Since Jun 30Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHPCS phar
==========

[](#phpcs-phar)

This package provides phpcs without the struggle of installing all of its dependencies.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev jin2chen/phpcs-phar
```

and use it like the original executable

```
vendor/bin/phpcs
```

Check out the main repo for more options and release notes [https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP\_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer).

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~0 days

Total

10

Last Release

1781d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4353268?v=4)[Jin Chen](/maintainers/jin2chen)[@jin2chen](https://github.com/jin2chen)

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Top Contributors

[![jin2chen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4353268?v=4)](https://github.com/jin2chen "jin2chen (10 commits)")

---

Tags

standardsphpcs

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