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krakjoe/idbg
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idbg
====

[](#idbg)

*the debugger you embed into your project with composer*

Inspector Debugger (idbg) is a debugger for PHP 7.1+ written in PHP.

Alpha Software
==============

[](#alpha-software)

`idbg` is alpha software, still under heavy development: Please do not design workflows around `idbg` yet ...

Please do test, at this stage, we ar reliant upon the reports *you* make to improve `idbg`.

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1+
- krakjoe/inspector

Introduction
============

[](#introduction)

`idbg` is a Debugger akin to phpdbg or XDebug, though nowhere near as advanced as either of those pieces of software (yet?). `idbg` is written entirely in PHP, and can be embedded into your project (and workflow, eventually) using Composer. The complexity of debugging Zend is isolated within the only extension which `idbg` relies on.

Executing `composer require krakjoe/idbg dev-master` in your project will install `vendor/bin/idbg`, executing `vendor/bin/idbg` will present you with:

Fig 1: welcome\[[![bin/idbg](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2f9fd85c0c810e0b36de340715795429b26c7b0fc43b766c4b9e2738eb965af6/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4c6278424d4d6b2e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2f9fd85c0c810e0b36de340715795429b26c7b0fc43b766c4b9e2738eb965af6/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4c6278424d4d6b2e706e67)`idbg` is ready to accept commands; For a list of commands, and a little help, type `help` and press enter:

Fig 2: help\[[![help](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8f50afa9bc7b10a42e1aa7d7a77a7eeade403ade006e2ae055a008e7b1d6125d/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f554655734657512e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8f50afa9bc7b10a42e1aa7d7a77a7eeade403ade006e2ae055a008e7b1d6125d/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f554655734657512e706e67)You probably want to set Break Points before executing `run file://path/to/my/script.php`, or using `eval` to enter into some code.

Get Involved
============

[](#get-involved)

`idbg` is *your* debugger ... open a PR ...

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

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

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2236138?v=4)[Joe Watkins](/maintainers/krakjoe)[@krakjoe](https://github.com/krakjoe)

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Top Contributors

[![krakjoe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2236138?v=4)](https://github.com/krakjoe "krakjoe (33 commits)")

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