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marijnvanwezel/try
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Simple CLI tool to try Composer packages

1.0.2(3y ago)78391GPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Mar 16Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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try - Simple CLI tool to try Composer packages
==============================================

[](#try---simple-cli-tool-to-try-composer-packages)

**try** makes it super easy to try new Composer packages through the command-line. It was inspired by [timofurrer/try](https://github.com/timofurrer/try).

[![](/docs/asciinema.gif)](/docs/asciinema.gif)

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Installation should be done through Composer:

```
composer global require marijnvanwezel/try
export PATH=$PATH:~/.config/composer/vendor/bin

```

This installs **try** as a system-wide binary.

Usage examples
==============

[](#usage-examples)

**Try single Composer package:**

```
try nikic/php-parser
try webmozart/assert

```

**Try multiple Composer packages in the same session:**

```
try nikic/php-parser webmozart/assert

```

**Try a specific version of a package:**

```
try webmozart/assert:1.10.0

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80% 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 ~41 days

Total

3

Last Release

1432d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.4

1.0.2PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5d85f137453ecb54df149f98574746640c79d7f8532b7af7e237107723cd0947?d=identicon)[xxmarijnw](/maintainers/xxmarijnw)

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Top Contributors

[![marijnvanwezel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96489967?v=4)](https://github.com/marijnvanwezel "marijnvanwezel (4 commits)")[![IMSoP](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/667364?v=4)](https://github.com/IMSoP "IMSoP (1 commits)")

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clicomposerphppsyshsandboxtry

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