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rossriley/phrocco
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Literate documentation for PHP

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Phrocco - Literate Documentation for PHP
----------------------------------------

[](#phrocco---literate-documentation-for-php)

Phrocco is the start of a port of the rather nice literate documentation generator Docco to PHP

```
http://jashkenas.github.com/docco/

```

### Installing

[](#installing)

Best done via composer global.

```
composer global require rossriley/phrocco:dev-master

```

This will install the binary to ~/.composer/vendor/bin/phrocco.

The project is in alpha at this stage but feedback and pull requests are welcome.

Also check out the front end site  for more instructions and example output.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62.9% 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

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5082?v=4)[Ross Riley](/maintainers/rossriley)[@rossriley](https://github.com/rossriley)

---

Top Contributors

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