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lukevers/snowball
=================

An Easily Scriptable IRC Bot

19PHP

Since Aug 27Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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snowball
========

[](#snowball)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/44a064ce8699972de78a83145f8acd5cfe3c44718437e394d1d5775f003f84ca/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6c756b65766572732f736e6f7762616c6c2f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/lukevers/snowball)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6b5780abf3fced1587a46c3fa99ba5c76e20d3980718a6eb30fb879b28fc5599/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6c756b65766572732f736e6f7762616c6c2f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/lukevers/snowball)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0d37662c33c87ec1e76da9cfc6157a7b54763b76a8fc5d117a30619f290d8a2d/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6c756b65766572732f736e6f7762616c6c2f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/lukevers/snowball)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bf86aa688c8ab1add36dc734832ee8a23b16db05e33c1fb3ead92d33d08a4189/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6c756b65766572732f736e6f7762616c6c2f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/lukevers/snowball)

Snowball is an easily scriptable IRC bot framework written in PHP.

Why The Name Snowball?
----------------------

[](#why-the-name-snowball)

```
irc
icee
ice ball
ice bot
snowcone
snowbot
snowball

```

Is It Any Good?
---------------

[](#is-it-any-good)

[Yes.](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3067434)

How Do I Install It?
--------------------

[](#how-do-i-install-it)

With [composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

```
composer require lukevers/snowball
```

Although composer is preferred, you can just clone this.

[![I'm a README, not a cop.](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e04e245e6920c32ca902e86ec44410f30175c53a4434480d476864bac93b584e/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6d534869382e6a7067)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e04e245e6920c32ca902e86ec44410f30175c53a4434480d476864bac93b584e/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6d534869382e6a7067)

Can I Have An Example?
----------------------

[](#can-i-have-an-example)

Sure! I've got some in the repository. Checkout the [examples](examples) directory.

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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://www.gravatar.com/avatar/095991db24347b97e1f0c7b8a2b1c4c2c11ed20e788f165a79ea5fa6375c472c?d=identicon)[lukevers](/maintainers/lukevers)

---

Top Contributors

[![lukevers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1558388?v=4)](https://github.com/lukevers "lukevers (7 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/lukevers-snowball/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/lukevers-snowball/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/lukevers-snowball)
```

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