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nunomaduro/dig
==============

A beautiful debug tool for the command line.

v0.0.2(5y ago)42171MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Dec 18Pushed 5y ago2 watchersCompare

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---

Dig was created by, and is maintained by **[Nuno Maduro](https://github.com/nunomaduro)**, and is a beautiful debug tool for the command line.

Installation & Usage
------------------------

[](#installation--usage)

> **Requires [PHP 7.4+](https://php.net/releases/)**

Require Dig using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer require nunomaduro/dig --dev
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### `caller()`

[](#caller)

The `caller()` method provide the function or method that invoked the currently executing function.

```
dig()->caller();
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for considering to contribute to Dig. All the contribution guidelines are mentioned [here](CONTRIBUTING.md).

You can have a look at the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for constant updates & detailed information about the changes. You can also follow the twitter account for latest announcements or just come say hi!: [@enunomaduro](https://twitter.com/enunomaduro)

License
-------

[](#license)

Dig is an open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.7% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1976d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/86cfef5c1f5195df1a9db17a5f8ecb34455e1f0133a725de9acf7f2fb26ac6a1?d=identicon)[nunomaduro](/maintainers/nunomaduro)

---

Top Contributors

[![nunomaduro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5457236?v=4)](https://github.com/nunomaduro "nunomaduro (11 commits)")[![caneco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/502041?v=4)](https://github.com/caneco "caneco (1 commits)")

---

Tags

clidebugphpphpcliconsoledebugcommand

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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