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phpty/pty
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Create pseudo-terminal pairs and start child processes on them, through FFI.

v0.2.0(1mo ago)04↓66.7%1MPL-2.0PHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Jul 18Pushed 1mo agoCompare

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phpty/pty
=========

[](#phptypty)

Create pseudo-terminal pairs and start child processes on them, through FFI.

> **Read-only mirror.** The canonical development repository is [phpty-org/phpty](https://github.com/phpty-org/phpty), a monorepo. This `phpty/pty` repository is split out from it for distribution and is read-only: issues and pull requests are disabled, and any pull request opened here is closed automatically. Please contribute upstream.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require phpty/pty
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP `^7.4 || ^8.0`, with the `ffi`, `pcntl` and `posix` extensions
- A Unix host (macOS or Linux)

License
-------

[](#license)

MPL-2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) and, for how licensing works across PhPty, [the monorepo's LICENSE](https://github.com/phpty-org/phpty/blob/main/LICENSE).

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 74% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

45d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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