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phpty/vterm
===========

Interpret a terminal byte stream into an inspectable screen by binding libghostty-vt through FFI.

v0.2.0(1mo ago)03↓66.7%1MPL-2.0PHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Jul 18Pushed 1mo agoCompare

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phpty/vterm
===========

[](#phptyvterm)

Interpret a terminal byte stream into an inspectable screen by binding libghostty-vt through FFI.

> **Read-only mirror.** The canonical development repository is [phpty-org/phpty](https://github.com/phpty-org/phpty), a monorepo. This `phpty/vterm` 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/vterm
```

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP `^7.4 || ^8.0`, with the `ffi` and `mbstring` extensions
- **libghostty-vt** available at runtime, its directory pointed to by the `PHPTY_LIBGHOSTTY_VT` environment variable

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

—

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

[![zonuexe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/822086?v=4)](https://github.com/zonuexe "zonuexe (4 commits)")

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Tags

terminalffiemulatorVTlibghostty

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