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nkey/caribu-console
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CLI framework

1.0.0.x-dev(10y ago)06BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.4

Since Oct 4Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Console Class
=================

[](#php-console-class)

License is BSD 2.0 simplified

Please use at least PHP 5.6.14 for v1.0.0. Latest version only supports PHP 7.

Why this high version of PHP?

Because of this bug: [Bugzilla](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69900)

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3879d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6d390422a6ff7b8c9131780d182a38e21188e6df8f5cb03d0a0dae34bb856915?d=identicon)[maikgreubel](/maintainers/maikgreubel)

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Top Contributors

[![maikgreubel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/745973?v=4)](https://github.com/maikgreubel "maikgreubel (28 commits)")

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Tags

Console command line interface

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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