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kasouza/craftsman
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A set of utilities to manage your project, aka poor man's artisan

019PHP

Since Sep 27Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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craftsman
=========

[](#craftsman)

Craftsman is a set of utilities to help you with managing your projects.

Using
=====

[](#using)

Install it in your project
--------------------------

[](#install-it-in-your-project)

First, install it with `composer require --dev kasouza/craftsman`

Then you can simply run the commands with `./vendor/bin/craftsman`or `php vendor/bin/craftsma`

Build the phar
--------------

[](#build-the-phar)

If you prefer, you can also build a phar and just copy it into your projects or add it to yout path and use it anywhere

Clone the repo `git clone https://github.com/kasouza/craftsman/`

Install the dependencies and build the phar

```
composer install
composer build

```

Then you can either run it with php `php craftsman.phar`

Or you can make it into an executable

```
mv craftsman.phar craftsman`
chmod 755 craftsman

```

And, optionally, move it somewhere in your `$PATH`

```
mv craftsman /usr/local/bin

```

Or even just copy it to your project root and run it from there

```
mv craftsman /path/to/project/

```

###  Health Score

14

—

LowBetter than 2% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity21

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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