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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. salient/toolkit ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) salient/toolkit =============== A lightweight PHP toolkit for expressive backend/CLI apps v0.99.81(7mo ago)53.4k[23 issues](https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit/issues)MITPHPPHP >=7.4CI passing Since Jul 7Pushed 7mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/toolkit)[ RSS](/packages/salient-toolkit/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced today READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (23)Versions (414)Used By (0) salient/toolkit =============== [](#salienttoolkit) > A lightweight PHP toolkit for expressive backend/CLI apps. May contain traces of Laravel. [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b978c1049c392d826a98e1793e98d0cfc71599bbd0d2ce65c09d161b8d1f70c0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f73616c69656e742f746f6f6c6b69742f76)](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/toolkit) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a69dc21b66521958734e54526bc047b3502cfcec0f337643a14479da7c36506d/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f73616c69656e742f746f6f6c6b69742f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/toolkit) [![CI Status](https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit/actions) [![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9cd7526674c8d5a9d2c8f9150467975632309756513e52ece90427cd2ca97203/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f73616c69656e742d6c6162732f746f6f6c6b69742f67726170682f62616467652e7376673f746f6b656e3d59306c395a6545747249)](https://codecov.io/gh/salient-labs/toolkit) --- Installation ------------ [](#installation) Install the entire toolkit with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/): ``` composer require salient/toolkit ``` Or install only the components you need, e.g. [salient/cache](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/cache), [salient/utils](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/utils) and the toolkit's [PHPStan extension](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/phpstan): ``` composer require salient/cache salient/utils composer require --dev salient/phpstan ``` Components ---------- [](#components) The Salient toolkit includes the following components, each of which can be installed separately to minimise the dependency footprint of your project. The only third-party dependencies are [PSR](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/) interface packages and [lkrms/dice](https://packagist.org/packages/lkrms/dice), a standalone dependency injection container that will be removed when [salient/container](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/container) is finalised. [![Salient toolkit component diagram](images/components.svg)](images/components.svg) ComponentPackageProvidesCache[salient/cache](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/cache)A key-value store backed by a SQLite databaseCLI[salient/cli](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/cli)A service container and command framework for CLI applicationsCollections[salient/collections](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/collections)Access to collections of values via array-like objects with chainable methodsConsole[salient/console](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/console)Terminal output and message logging via an API similar to `console` in web browsersContainer[salient/container](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/container)A service container with contextual bindingsContracts[salient/contracts](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/contracts)Interfaces, abstractions and enumerationsCore[salient/core](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/core)Reusable classes, traits and servicesCurler[salient/curler](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/curler)An HTTP client optimised for RESTful API endpointsDb[salient/db](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/db)Access to databasesHTTP[salient/http](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/http)HTTP message and utility classesIterators[salient/iterators](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/iterators)Iterator classes and traitsPHPDoc[salient/phpdoc](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/phpdoc)A PHPDoc extractor and parserPHPStan[salient/phpstan](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/phpstan)\*PHPStan extensions for development with the Salient toolkitPolyfills[salient/polyfills](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/polyfills)PolyfillsSli[salient/sli](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/sli)\*`sli`, the toolkit's CLI utilitySync[salient/sync](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/sync)A framework and SQLite-backed store for synchronising data with backendsTesting[salient/testing](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/testing)\*Classes that are useful in test suitesUtils[salient/utils](https://packagist.org/packages/salient/utils)Utility methods via stateless classes\* for development only Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) [API documentation](https://salient-labs.github.io/toolkit/) for `salient/toolkit` tracks the `main` branch of the project's [GitHub repository](https://github.com/salient-labs/toolkit) and is generated by [ApiGen](https://github.com/ApiGen/ApiGen). You can build it yourself by running the following commands in the top-level directory. Output is generated in `docs/api` by default. ``` composer -d tools/apigen install tools/apigen/vendor/bin/apigen -c tools/apigen/apigen.neon ``` Other documentation is available under [docs](docs/), and usage examples are provided in the form of [unit tests](tests/unit/). License ------- [](#license) This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE). ### Health Score 38 — LowBetter than 83% of packages Maintenance43 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity25 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity61 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 ~4 days Recently: every ~65 days Total 411 Last Release 225d ago PHP version history (6 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.2 v0.13.0PHP >=7.4 v0.15.3PHP >=7.4,<8.2 v0.18.15PHP >=7.4,<=8.2 v0.19.3PHP >=7.4,<8.3 v0.20.8PHP >=7.4 <8.3 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2563783?v=4)[Luke Arms](/maintainers/lkrms)[@lkrms](https://github.com/lkrms) --- Top Contributors [![lkrms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2563783?v=4)](https://github.com/lkrms "lkrms (2489 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/salient-toolkit/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/salient-toolkit/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/salient-toolkit) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/symfony The Symfony PHP framework 31.4k87.2M2.2k](/packages/symfony-symfony)[flow-php/flow PHP ETL - Extract Transform Load - Data processing framework 85036.3k](/packages/flow-php-flow)[tempest/framework The PHP framework that gets out of your way. 2.2k34.4k15](/packages/tempest-framework)[typo3/cms TYPO3 CMS is a free open source Content Management Framework initially created by Kasper Skaarhoj and licensed under GNU/GPL. 1.2k1.9M122](/packages/typo3-cms)[shopware/core Shopware platform is the core for all Shopware ecommerce products. 585.6M574](/packages/shopware-core)[cakephp/cakephp The CakePHP framework 8.9k19.5M1.8k](/packages/cakephp-cakephp) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)