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kherge/elf
==========

A collection of helpers for the Symfony Console component.

1.0.2(13y ago)111912MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Aug 17Pushed 13y agoCompare

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Elf
===

[](#elf)

> I am no longer maintaining this library. If you would like to take over development of this project, please email me.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a179afa35fb01f2c92aab56ba1057dcc4b35805d50de24a1a5363687629f4ab0/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6b68657267652f456c662e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/kherge/Elf)

Elf is a collection of helpers for the Symfony Console component.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

To install Elf, you must add it to the list of dependencies in your [`composer.json`](http://getcomposer.org/) file.

```
$ php composer.phar require kherge/elf=1.*

```

If you are not using Composer to manage your dependencies, you may use any [PSR-0](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md) class loader to load it from the `src/lib` directory.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Please see [the wiki](https://github.com/kherge/Elf/wiki) for detail usage information.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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 ~104 days

Total

3

Last Release

4857d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)[Kevin Herrera](/maintainers/kherge)[@kherge](https://github.com/kherge)

---

Top Contributors

[![kherge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9122157?v=4)](https://github.com/kherge "kherge (11 commits)")[![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (1 commits)")

---

Tags

consolesymfonyhelpers

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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