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tdtrung17693/php-chalk
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Just another PHP terminal string styling library

v1.0.0(6y ago)11252↓100%2Apache-2PHP

Since Jun 11Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Chalk
=========

[](#php-chalk)

A PHP terminal styling library inspired by [Chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Support 16 colors, 256 colors and Truecolor (16m colors) mode.
- Support style chaining.
- Support style nesting.

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

[](#installation)

**Through composer**

```
composer require tdtrung17693/php-chalk

```

**Manually**:

Just download/clone this repo

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See `examples` to know more about how to use this library.

```
print $chalk->bold->green("Bold Green");
print "\n";
print $chalk->underscore->color220->bgColor20("Blink Foreground 220 Background 20");
print "\n";
print $chalk->rgb(200, 20, 100)->inverse("Inverse");

// Style nesting
print $chalk->red("Red then", $chalk->bold->green("bold and green then"), $chalk->reset("back to normal\n"));
```

**Screenshot**:

[![Examples](img/examples.png)](img/examples.png)

[![Color blocks](img/screenshot.png)](img/screenshot.png)

API
---

[](#api)

### **`$chalk->[->...](string, [string...])`**

[](#chalk-style-stylestring-string)

*Example*: `$chalk->bgGreen->red->bold('Background green red bold text')`

### **`$chalk->hasColorSupport(), $chalk->has256Support(), $chalk->has16mSupport()`**

[](#chalk-hascolorsupport-chalk-has256support-chalk-has16msupport)

Return true if the corresponding feature is supported.

Styles supported
----------------

[](#styles-supported)

- `reset`, `bold`, `dim`, `underscore`, `italic`, `strikethrough`, `blink`.
- `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, `white`
- `lightGray`, `darkGray`, `lightRed`, `lightGreen`, `lightYellow`, `lightBlue`, `lightMagenta`, `lightCyan`
- Each of the color styles above with the prefix `bg`

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

Feel free to contribute by forking or making suggestions.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2523d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![tdtrung17693](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3716206?v=4)](https://github.com/tdtrung17693 "tdtrung17693 (3 commits)")[![aelliott1485](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7459390?v=4)](https://github.com/aelliott1485 "aelliott1485 (1 commits)")

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Tags

ansiansi-codeansi-coloransi-colorsclicli-colorcli-stylephpstyleclicolorcli-colorterminal coloransi color

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