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pear2/console\_commandline
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Full featured package for managing command-line applications.

0.2.3(8y ago)610.0k↓16.7%1[1 issues](https://github.com/pear2/Console_CommandLine/issues)6MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 22Pushed 8y ago5 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pear2/Console_CommandLine)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear2/console_commandline)[ Docs](http://pear2.php.net/PEAR2_Console_CommandLine)[ RSS](/packages/pear2-console-commandline/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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```
PEAR2_Console_CommandLine is a full featured package for managing command-line
options and arguments highly inspired from python optparse module, it allows
the developer to easily build complex command line interfaces.

Main features:
* handles sub commands (ie. $ myscript.php -q subcommand -f file),
* can be completely built from an xml definition file,
* generate --help and --version options automatically,
* can be completely customized,
* builtin support for i18n,
* and much more...

```

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 51% 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 ~532 days

Total

3

Last Release

3283d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![saltybeagle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92284?v=4)](https://github.com/saltybeagle "saltybeagle (25 commits)")[![boenrobot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1029536?v=4)](https://github.com/boenrobot "boenrobot (10 commits)")[![helgi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70530?v=4)](https://github.com/helgi "helgi (5 commits)")[![izimobil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40856?v=4)](https://github.com/izimobil "izimobil (4 commits)")[![cellog](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/98250?v=4)](https://github.com/cellog "cellog (3 commits)")[![jeichorn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/122486?v=4)](https://github.com/jeichorn "jeichorn (2 commits)")

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Tags

consolephpcliconsoleparserargumentscommandlinepear2

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