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tflori/getopt-php
=================

Command line arguments parser for PHP 5.3 - 7.1

2.4.1(9y ago)45471MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jan 4Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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ABANDONED
=========

[](#abandoned)

This package is **abandoned** and no longer maintained. Please use [ulrichsg/getopt-php](https://github.com/getopt-php/getopt-php) instead - all fixes and new features from this repo are included there.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50.6% 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 ~145 days

Recently: every ~225 days

Total

14

Last Release

3357d ago

Major Versions

1.4.1 → 2.0.02014-01-30

2.3.0 → v3.x-dev2015-04-07

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ed30b06fe8a167d7376849ca07be58aa288d22d6e01f59712fce7bd8ca77fbda?d=identicon)[tflori](/maintainers/tflori)

---

Top Contributors

[![ulrichsg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/197901?v=4)](https://github.com/ulrichsg "ulrichsg (45 commits)")[![tflori](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4855611?v=4)](https://github.com/tflori "tflori (17 commits)")[![jochenvdv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6173051?v=4)](https://github.com/jochenvdv "jochenvdv (6 commits)")[![graste](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/203540?v=4)](https://github.com/graste "graste (5 commits)")[![avargas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/169653?v=4)](https://github.com/avargas "avargas (3 commits)")[![kamermans](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/266265?v=4)](https://github.com/kamermans "kamermans (2 commits)")[![geoffroy-aubry](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1247448?v=4)](https://github.com/geoffroy-aubry "geoffroy-aubry (2 commits)")[![kler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/966132?v=4)](https://github.com/kler "kler (1 commits)")[![mfn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/87493?v=4)](https://github.com/mfn "mfn (1 commits)")[![misterion](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/196737?v=4)](https://github.com/misterion "misterion (1 commits)")[![Nyholm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1275206?v=4)](https://github.com/Nyholm "Nyholm (1 commits)")[![sabl0r](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1169879?v=4)](https://github.com/sabl0r "sabl0r (1 commits)")[![christiaan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/118490?v=4)](https://github.com/christiaan "christiaan (1 commits)")[![tlj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/226029?v=4)](https://github.com/tlj "tlj (1 commits)")[![CHH](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16783?v=4)](https://github.com/CHH "CHH (1 commits)")[![Firehed](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354842?v=4)](https://github.com/Firehed "Firehed (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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