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pear2/console\_color
====================

Genetaror for ANSI color escape sequences.

1.0.0(12y ago)5459.8k↑11.8%5LGPL-2.1PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 2Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pear2/Console_Color)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear2/console_color)[ Docs](http://pear2.github.com/Console_Color/)[ RSS](/packages/pear2-console-color/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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```
This Package provide a easy way to print text with color and style in command line.

It has a simple interface, whereby you just create an object with the color and style information you want,
and it will automatically be converted to an escape sequence when used as a string.
```

###  Health Score

37

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LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% 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

4460d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![boenrobot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1029536?v=4)](https://github.com/boenrobot "boenrobot (8 commits)")[![iannsp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40551?v=4)](https://github.com/iannsp "iannsp (6 commits)")

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Tags

ansi-colorsconsolephpcliconsolegeneratorcoloransipear2

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