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secondtruth/phar-compiler
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Generic PHP PHAR compiler

v1.2.0(5y ago)263.3k↓50%34ISCPHPPHP >=5.6CI failing

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PHP PHAR Compiler
=================

[](#php-phar-compiler)

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This library provides a generic PHP PHAR compiler.

How to use?
-----------

[](#how-to-use)

```
$compiler = new Compiler(PROJECT_PATH);

$compiler->addIndexFile('bin/mycoolprogram.php');
$compiler->addDirectory('libraries');

$compiler->addFile('vendor/autoload.php');
$compiler->addDirectory('vendor/composer', '!*.php'); // Exclude non-PHP files
$compiler->addDirectory('vendor/.../Component/Console', ['Tests/*', '!*.php']);

$compiler->compile("$outputDir/mycoolprogram.phar");
```

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

[](#installation)

### Install via Composer

[](#install-via-composer)

[Install Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-linux-unix-macos) if you don't already have it present on your system.

To install the library, run the following command and you will get the latest version:

```
$ composer require secondtruth/phar-compiler

```

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

[](#requirements)

- You must have at least PHP version 5.6 installed on your system.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.1% 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 ~369 days

Recently: every ~462 days

Total

6

Last Release

2101d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.x-devPHP >=5.4

v1.2.0PHP >=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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