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lukaskleinschmidt/kirby-types
=============================

Kirby Types

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Kirby Types
===========

[](#kirby-types)

Additional and extended type hints for your IDE.
Adds the `kirby types:create` command to your project.
This command will create a file in your projects root directory that your IDE will pick.

> **Note**Make sure you have the [`getkirby/cli`](https://github.com/getkirby/cli) installed to use the command

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

TypesK3K41.1.2✔️❌2.0.1❌✔️Require this package with composer using the following command.

```
composer require --dev lukaskleinschmidt/kirby-types:^1.1

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Simply run `kirby types:create` to create the type hints file.

### Command Options

[](#command-options)

You can set the `filename`, `force` and `include` option when running the command.

```
kirby types:create --filename my-ide-helper --force --include
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

You can use the following options in your `config.php`.
These are the plugin's default options.

```
return [
    'lukaskleinschmidt.types' => [
        'aliases'    => [],
        'decorators' => [],
        'filename'   => 'types.php',
        'force'      => false,
        'include'    => [
            'aliases',
            'blueprints',
            'decorators',
            'methods',
        ],
    ],
];
```

### Aliases

[](#aliases)

You can add your own aliases you want to include.

```
return [
    'lukaskleinschmidt.types' => [
        'aliases' => [
            'MyClass' => \LukasKleinschmidt\MyClass::class,
        ],
    ],
];
```

### Decorators

[](#decorators)

You can modify methods and their DocBlock to improve IDE type hints.
The plugin has some [default decorators](https://github.com/lukaskleinschmidt/kirby-types/blob/main/config.php) already defined.

```
use LukasKleinschmidt\Types\Method;
use Kirby\Cms\Layout;

return [
    'lukaskleinschmidt.types' => [
        'decorators' => [
            Layout::class => [
                'columns' => [
                    '@return \Kirby\Cms\LayoutColumns|\Kirby\Cms\LayoutColumn[]',
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Lukas Kleinschmidt](https://github.com/lukaskleinschmidt)

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance80

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.3% 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 ~69 days

Recently: every ~232 days

Total

17

Last Release

96d ago

Major Versions

1.1.1 → 2.0.02023-09-13

v1.x-dev → 2.0.22025-02-12

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cfdb3936515e09409cd41df4504420d277787d8f2e212e2c7a1645995080be60?d=identicon)[lukaskleinschmidt](/maintainers/lukaskleinschmidt)

---

Top Contributors

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