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sebastian/cli-parser
====================

Library for parsing CLI options

5.0.0(3mo ago)1.2k529.4M—5.1%6[1 issues](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/cli-parser/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/cli-parser/pulls)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=8.4CI passing

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sebastian/cli-parser
====================

[](#sebastiancli-parser)

Library for parsing `$_SERVER['argv']`, extracted from `phpunit/phpunit`.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can add this library as a local, per-project dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require sebastian/cli-parser

```

If you only need this library during development, for instance to run your project's test suite, then you should add it as a development-time dependency:

```
composer require --dev sebastian/cli-parser

```

###  Health Score

74

↑

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity77

Solid adoption and visibility

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.8% 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 ~133 days

Recently: every ~36 days

Total

16

Last Release

102d ago

Major Versions

2.0.1 → 3.0.12024-03-02

3.0.2 → 4.0.02025-02-07

2.0.x-dev → 3.0.x-dev2025-12-31

3.0.x-dev → 4.2.x-dev2026-01-01

4.2.x-dev → 5.0.02026-02-06

PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

1.0.1PHP >=7.3

2.0.0PHP >=8.1

3.0.0PHP >=8.2

4.0.0PHP >=8.3

5.0.0PHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1089?v=4)[Sebastian Probst Eide](/maintainers/sebastian)[@sebastian](https://github.com/sebastian)

---

Top Contributors

[![sebastianbergmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25218?v=4)](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann "sebastianbergmann (358 commits)")[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (8 commits)")[![staabm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/120441?v=4)](https://github.com/staabm "staabm (3 commits)")[![zkwbbr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45949485?v=4)](https://github.com/zkwbbr "zkwbbr (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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