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jonathanmaron/fortune
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Unix-style fortune program that displays a random quotation.

1.0.0(6y ago)09BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.1

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Fortune
=======

[](#fortune)

`fortune` is a command line script that displays a random quotation.

[![Motivate](fortune.png)](fortune.png)

It is similar to the BSD `fortune` program, originally written by Ken Arnold. Unlike Arnold's program, however, this version is written in PHP, using [Symfony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symfony) components.

### Installation

[](#installation)

Use [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#globally) to install the application:

```
composer create-project jonathanmaron/fortune ~/app/fortune

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
$ ~/app/fortune/bin/fortune

"A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end
will point out the means."
    -- Henry Hazlitt

```

By default, `fortune` wraps lines at terminal window width. You can change this by specifying the `--wordwrap` option:

```
$ ~/app/fortune/bin/fortune -wordwrap=25

"Success listens only to
applause. To all else it
is deaf."
    -- Elias Canetti

```

To disable word wrapping specify `--wordwrap=0`.

It is recommended to add `fortune` to your path:

```
$ cd ~/bin

$ ln -s ~/app/fortune/bin/fortune fortune

$ fortune

"Be cool to people. Be nice to as many people as you can. Smile to as many people
as you can, and have them smile back at you."
    -- Joe Rogan

```

### References

[](#references)

- [fortune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(Unix)) - BSD implementation.
- [fortune](http://software.clapper.org/fortune/) - Python implementation.
- JSON files, containing quotations:
    - [famous-quotes](https://github.com/olhapi/famous-quotes)
    - [motivate](https://github.com/mubaris/motivate)
    - [Database-Quotes-JSON](https://github.com/4skinSkywalker/Database-Quotes-JSON)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2454d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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