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nex-otaku/minimal-filesystem
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Minimal Filesystem

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Minimal Filesystem
==================

[](#minimal-filesystem)

### Zero dependency. Small and powerful.

[](#zero-dependency-small-and-powerful)

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

```
composer require nex-otaku/minimal-filesystem

```

Alternatively, you can just copy-paste source file to your project. It has no dependencies and should work just fine.

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

```
$fs = new \NexOtaku\MinimalFilesystem\Filesystem();

// List all files in directory
var_dump($fs->listFiles('/var/www'));

// Search all TXT files in directory
var_dump($fs->searchFiles('/var/www', '*.txt'));

// Read file
echo $fs->readFile('/var/log/my-app.log');

// Write file
$fs->writeFile('/var/etc/my-app.conf', json_encode(['favoriteCoffee' => 'Double Espresso']));

// Append to file
$fs->appendToFile('/var/log/my-app.log', 'Logging is easy!');
```

Filesystem commands
-------------------

[](#filesystem-commands)

### Directories

[](#directories)

- createDirectory
- getCurrentDirectory
- existsDirectory
- isDirectory

### Files

[](#files)

- writeFile
- appendToFile
- isReadableFile
- readFile
- renameFile
- deleteFile
- existsFile
- isFile

### Paths

[](#paths)

- exists

### Listing, searching:

[](#listing-searching)

- listFiles
- searchFiles
- searchFilesRecursively

Questions? Ask!
---------------

[](#questions-ask)

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Email: ****

License
-------

[](#license)

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- **[MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)**
- Copyright 2021 © Nex Otaku.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance28

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

1796d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02021-06-11

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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