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mileschou/pherm
===============

A command line terminal utility in PHP

v0.6.0(6y ago)173MITPHPPHP >=7.2

Since Jun 23Pushed 5y agoCompare

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Pherm - the terminal utility written by PHP
===========================================

[](#pherm---the-terminal-utility-written-by-php)

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> This repo is fork from [`php-school/terminal`](https://github.com/php-school/terminal)

Small utility to help provide a simple, consist API for terminal interaction.

See [examples](/examples) to know how to use.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Hello world example:

```
$container = new Container();
$container->instance(Input::class, new InputStream());
$container->instance(Output::class, new OutputStream());

$terminal = (new Terminal($container))
    ->enableInstantOutput()
    ->bootstrap();

$terminal->clear();

$str = 'Hello world!';

$terminal->cursor()->center(-(mb_strlen($str) / 2))->write($str);

$terminal->cursor()->bottom();
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [MilesChou](https://github.com/MilesChou)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75.7% 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 ~24 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

8

Last Release

2343d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.1

v0.3.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/20872dcc4b888075f03819d5470db8198ffcc5f9edb791aba5f007e34355a6c9?d=identicon)[MilesChou](/maintainers/MilesChou)

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Top Contributors

[![MilesChou](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1258752?v=4)](https://github.com/MilesChou "MilesChou (109 commits)")[![AydinHassan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2817002?v=4)](https://github.com/AydinHassan "AydinHassan (24 commits)")[![Lynesth](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5318258?v=4)](https://github.com/Lynesth "Lynesth (8 commits)")[![mikeymike](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2174476?v=4)](https://github.com/mikeymike "mikeymike (3 commits)")

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Tags

phpterminalcliconsoleterminal

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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