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sumpygump/rachel
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Refactoring assimilation can help everyone learn

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Rachel
======

[](#rachel)

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Refactoring assimilation can help everyone learn

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Improve your software development skills by learning about different refactoring techniques and keep them in your head. Challenge yourself to refactoring something everyday.

This is a simple program that provides a "refactoring-of-the-day" from [Martin Fowler's refactoring catalog](https://refactoring.com/catalog/) and from [Refactoring.guru](https://refactoring.guru/refactoring/techniques).

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

[](#installation)

Installing globally via [composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
composer global require sumpygump/rachel

```

Ensure `~/.composer/vendor/bin` is on your `$PATH` to be able to invoke rachel from any directory on your CLI.

Alternatively, you can clone this repository, and then run `composer install` from the path that was cloned.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

From the command line, run `bin/rachel` to invoke.

- `bin/rachel` will print the current refactoring of the day. (Alias of `bin/rachel today`)
- `bin/rachel date 2019-02-28` will print the refactoring for a specific date.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~3 days

Total

5

Last Release

2619d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a84a7eefd7bc45723fd004f1424c6183557eea2b82cc7265c739b753cb34d1cf?d=identicon)[sumpygump](/maintainers/sumpygump)

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Top Contributors

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