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thesebas/runlock
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1.1.0(8y ago)0946MITPHP

Since Oct 10Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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runlock
=======

[](#runlock)

Help
----

[](#help)

```
runlock
    acquire/free lock

    exit codes:
    0 - lock acquired
    1 - failed acquiring lock
    2 - other error

Options:
  -a, --action       `lock`, `unlock` or `reset` [default: `lock`]
  -l, --lockname     lock name
  -n, --count        how many locks can be acquired [default: 1]
  -d, --delay        delay running script rand(0, n) seconds
  -c, --config       path to file with params in .ini format [default: /etc/runlock/config.ini]
  -v, --verbose           verbose mode
  -h, --help              show help

```

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

```
composer global require thesebas/runlock:dev-master
```

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

[](#how-to-use)

In `crontab`

```
*/15 * * * * runlock -l lockname && (job_to_do.sh || runlock -a unlock -l lockname)
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

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 ~352 days

Total

2

Last Release

3202d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88ca2d7f73ceff94c308858b21961859448f73770f40d230788e9e947317297?d=identicon)[thesebas](/maintainers/thesebas)

---

Top Contributors

[![thesebas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/827416?v=4)](https://github.com/thesebas "thesebas (15 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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![Health badge](/badges/thesebas-runlock/health.svg)

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