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whatthejeff/fab
===============

Make your output fabulous!

v1.0.0(13y ago)401.0M—10%15MITPHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since Feb 14Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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Fab
===

[](#fab)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/158649a259b72fa42d8e21d3e4405a3d1e680fe21a1c02b09f03a2e6a5a8060f/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f776861747468656a6566662f6661622e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/whatthejeff/fab)

Make your output fabulous!

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

[![fabulous output](https://github.com/whatthejeff/fab/raw/master/fab.png)](https://github.com/whatthejeff/fab/raw/master/fab.png)

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

[](#requirements)

Fab requires:

- PHP 5.3.3 or later.
- A terminal emulator with support for ANSI escape sequences.

**NOTE:** By default, the Windows console does not support ANSI escape sequences. If you'd like to use the Fab on Windows, you may want to try one of the following solutions:

- [ANSICON](https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon)
- [ConEmu](https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu)

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install Fab is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). Just create a `composer.json` file and run the `php composer.phar install` command to install it:

```
{
    "require": {
        "whatthejeff/fab": "~1.0"
    }
}
```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

To run the test suite, you need [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
$ php composer.phar install
$ vendor/bin/phpunit

```

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

Fab was **heavily** inspired by the glorious [minitest/pride](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest/blob/abc8d7bbac2bf49b2207b5e4722212109463eb18/lib/minitest/pride_plugin.rb).

License
-------

[](#license)

Fab is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4842d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adbe017ebec901082c02ab3fd307196b2a1c9103c27c8e4327ba5ca25252a8d6?d=identicon)[whatthejeff](/maintainers/whatthejeff)

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Top Contributors

[![whatthejeff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/306525?v=4)](https://github.com/whatthejeff "whatthejeff (7 commits)")

---

Tags

fabfabulousrainbowcolorful

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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