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jlisher/app-helper
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App Helper is a docker compose application development helper utility.

v0.1.1(5y ago)111[1 issues](https://github.com/jlisher/app-helper/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/jlisher/app-helper/pulls)MITShell

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App Helper
==========

[](#app-helper)

App Helper is a docker compose application development helper utility.

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

[](#installation)

There are a few ways in which you can install App.

### 1. composer

[](#1-composer)

This is the original concept as it was created to work with laravel projects however added more generic methods and tools, so we can use it in any project.

Install using composer, simply run the following command:

```
composer reuqire --dev jlisher/app-helper
# run the install script
./vendor/bin/app.sh install
```

### 2. npm

[](#2-npm)

While nodejs has the nvm project, which is nice, it doesn't help when you are creating container based applications where you have multiple containers running different versions of nodejs. For this reason we have added support for npm based installations and running nodejs and npm within the container.

Installing using npm, simply run the following command:

```
npm install -D jlisher-app-helper
```

### 4. Git

[](#4-git)

You can use git to install and update the utility.

Simply clone the repo and run the `install` command:

```
git clone https://github.com/jlisher/app-helper.git
# cd into your project directory
cd /path/to/your/project
# run the installation
./path/to/app-helper/src/app.sh install
```

please replace `/path/to/app-helper/` with your real path to the app-helper files

### 3. Manual

[](#3-manual)

Simply download the files and place them in a directory within your application directory.

Simply download the files and run:

```
./path/to/app-helper/src/app.sh install
```

please replace `/path/to/app-helper/` with your real path to the app-helper files, and `/path/to/your/project` with your project directory.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

During installation, App Helper append some lines to the `.bashrc` file in your project root directory.

The `.bashrc` file is there to offer some handy shortcuts and set some environment variables, which are required for the app helper script.

To make your life easier simply source the `.bashrc` file whenever you want to use the functionality. This only needs to be performed once per a terminal session.

```
source .bashrc
```

###  Health Score

16

↓

LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

2

Last Release

1897d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1a4c57113f42eeae3abad063152bc6e2919f7979d517c8892e2eabfdc61692e8?d=identicon)[jlisher](/maintainers/jlisher)

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Top Contributors

[![jlisher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18536609?v=4)](https://github.com/jlisher "jlisher (9 commits)")

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Tags

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