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minicli/application
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Minicli Application Template

4.2.0(2y ago)81.5k↓77.8%2MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Dec 14Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare

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Minicli Application Template
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[](#minicli-application-template)

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This repository is an application template for building command-line applications in PHP with [Minicli](https://github.com/minicli/minicli).

Please check [the official documentation](https://docs.minicli.dev) for more information on how to use this application template.

###  Health Score

36

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LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 59.4% 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 ~129 days

Recently: every ~97 days

Total

11

Last Release

1055d ago

Major Versions

0.1 → 2.02020-05-25

2.1.0 → 3.02022-03-04

3.1 → 4.0.02023-05-19

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/efad91e92c56f2a771b7dbabb064d25d65392a60751a19666626672bdca575a6?d=identicon)[erikaheidi](/maintainers/erikaheidi)

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Top Contributors

[![erikaheidi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/293241?v=4)](https://github.com/erikaheidi "erikaheidi (19 commits)")[![WendellAdriel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11641518?v=4)](https://github.com/WendellAdriel "WendellAdriel (12 commits)")[![flug](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1810304?v=4)](https://github.com/flug "flug (1 commits)")

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Tags

clicommand-lineframeworkhacktoberfestminicliphpphp-cliclicommand-linetemplate

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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