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pablosanches/goliath
====================

A simple framework to facilitate the development of CLI applications based on PHP command.

1.0.0(8y ago)113[1 PRs](https://github.com/pablosanches/goliath/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.6CI failing

Since Aug 9Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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A simple framework to facilitate the development of CLI applications based on PHP command.

Features
========

[](#features)

- Routing of command line arguments
- Short and long arguments
- Automagic `--help` creation
- Configuration

Requirements
============

[](#requirements)

PHP >=5.6

Example
=======

[](#example)

```
use Goliath\Cli;

$app = new Goliath\Cli();

$app = new \Goliath\Cli(array(
    'debug' => true,
    'log.destination' => \Goliath\Logger::LOG_STDERR,
    'log.dir' => __DIR__
));

$app->command('hello-world:',
    function($name) {
        echo "Hello $name\n";
    })
    ->setHelp('Hello world example');
```

Installation
============

[](#installation)

You only need to include the depency in the composer.

```
"require": {
    "pablosanches/goliath": "1.0.*"
}
```

And run the composer

```
$ composer install

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

3200d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1846624?v=4)[Pablo Sanches](/maintainers/pablosanches)[@pablosanches](https://github.com/pablosanches)

---

Top Contributors

[![pablosanches](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1846624?v=4)](https://github.com/pablosanches "pablosanches (22 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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