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phix/cliengine
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CliEngine is a quick and easy way to create your own command-line tools

1.3.3(8y ago)033.5k↓50%1BSD-3-ClausePHP

Since Jul 13Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/stuartherbert/CliEngine)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/phix/cliengine)[ Docs](https://github.com/stuartherbert/CliEngine/)[ RSS](/packages/phix-cliengine/feed)WikiDiscussions develop Synced 1mo ago

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phix-cli
========

[](#phix-cli)

This is the generic CLI tool used to build commands such as phix

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~190 days

Recently: every ~279 days

Total

9

Last Release

3171d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2dc3934d5c3ce55e18dca95d52b564fb2a34986770af3c532dba6c248ef58f3a?d=identicon)[stuartherbert](/maintainers/stuartherbert)

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Top Contributors

[![stuartherbert](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7926?v=4)](https://github.com/stuartherbert "stuartherbert (60 commits)")

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Tags

clicommand-lineshell

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