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phel-lang/cli-skeleton
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A minimalistic skeleton to build your cli-app using Phel Lang.

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Phel Cli Skeleton
=================

[](#phel-cli-skeleton)

[Phel](https://phel-lang.org/) is a functional programming language that compiles to PHP.

This repository provides you the basic setup to start coding phel.

Getting started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

Phel requires at least PHP 8.3 and Composer. You can either use it from your local machine OR using docker.

- This repository contains the basic Dockerfile to run phel.

#### Locally (no Docker)

[](#locally-no-docker)

1. Ensure you have PHP >=8.3 (Some help about how to install multiple PHP versions locally on [linux](https://github.com/phpbrew/phpbrew) and [Mac](https://github.com/shivammathur/homebrew-php))
2. Ensure you have [composer](https://getcomposer.org/composer-stable.phar)
3. Clone this repo
4. Install the dependencies | `composer install`

#### Using Docker

[](#using-docker)

1. Clone this repo
2. Build the image | `docker-compose up -d --build`
3. Go inside the console | `docker exec -ti -u dev phel_cli_skeleton bash`
4. Install the dependencies | `composer install`

### Phel code

[](#phel-code)

1. Write your phel code in `src/`
2. Run your code with `vendor/bin/phel run src/main.phel`

#### Or run the executable transpiled PHP result

[](#or-run-the-executable-transpiled-php-result)

1. `vendor/bin/phel build`
2. `php out/main.php`

#### Tests

[](#tests)

1. Write your phel tests in `tests/`
2. Execute your tests with `./vendor/bin/phel test`

More about starting with phel
-----------------------------

[](#more-about-starting-with-phel)

Find more information about how to start with phel in [getting started](https://phel-lang.org/documentation/getting-started/).

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity13

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.9% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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