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lonnieezell/vulcan
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CLI tools for CodeIgniter 4

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Vulcan
======

[](#vulcan)

Vulcan is a set of command line interface tools for CodeIgniter 4 that help you rapidly create boilerplate code, bypassing some of the developer's drudge work, and get on with the good parts.

**This project is in the early development stages is not currently fit for consumption. Keep checking in, though, since it's sure to launch on or before CodeIgniter 4 does.**

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Integrates seamlessly into a CodeIgniter 4 project
- Generate boilerplate code you don't like writing every time
- Interactive REPL environment to test out features.
- and likely more!

\##Installation

**Download the Code**

### Composer

[](#composer)

The preferred method to install is via Composer. Add the following to the `require-dev` section of your project's composer.json file:

```
"lonnieezell/vulcan": "dev-develop"

```

### Manual Installation

[](#manual-installation)

Clone the repo to somewhere you'll find it again:

```
$ git clone git@github.com:lonnieezell/vulcan.git

```

For this example, we'll pretend we're installing it to `/home/vulcan`, mainly to keep the typing minimal.

Next, install the dependencies with composer:

```
cd /home/vulcan
composer install

```

Great! I can use it now, right? Not so fast...

**Let Your CodeIgniter Project Know**

We need to let your project know where to find the commands, so open up `/application/Config/Autoload.php` and create the `Vulcan` namespace in the `$psr4` array:

```
public $psr4 = [
    'Vulcan' => '/home/vulcan'
];

```

Now can we use it? You bet!

**Get Creating**

Using CodeIgniter 4's built-in cli tools you can call any of the Vulcan commands now:

```
$ php spark

```

This will provide a list of commands and a short explanation.

Using the Interactive Debugger
------------------------------

[](#using-the-interactive-debugger)

Vulcan packages the excellent [PsySH](https://psysh.org/) repl and interactive debugger. Be sure to use read its manual to see all of the great things it can do.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.2% 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://www.gravatar.com/avatar/65f693f45781e767ed8557b776fd775309e7a262629892b99cf38462931e9b26?d=identicon)[lonnieezell](/maintainers/lonnieezell)

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