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wnowicki/cli
============

PHP CLI

1.0.0(11y ago)066PHP

Since Feb 11Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP CLI Library
===============

[](#php-cli-library)

by WNowicki

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Install
-------

[](#install)

### Composer Installation

[](#composer-installation)

To install *cli* library you will need to use [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) in your project. If you aren't using Composer yet, it's really simple!

```
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

### Cli Installation

[](#cli-installation)

```
php composer.phar require wnowicki/cli:~1.0
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$box = \WNowicki\Cli\Box::makeFromString("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,\nconsectetur adipiscing elit.", null, null, \WNowicki\Cli\Color::BG_RED);

$box2 = \WNowicki\Cli\Box::make(20, 7, \WNowicki\Cli\Color::COLOR_YELLOW, null, \WNowicki\Cli\Color::BG_WHITE)
    ->addBorder('*', null, \WNowicki\Cli\Color::BG_RED)
    ->addTitle('Box', \WNowicki\Cli\Color::COLOR_BLACK);

\WNowicki\Cli\Screen::make()
    ->putInCenter($box, 6)
    ->putInColumn($box2, 2, 1, 10)
    ->putInColumn($box2, 2, 2, 10)
    ->addTitle('Title', \WNowicki\Cli\Color::COLOR_GREEN, null, \WNowicki\Cli\Color::BG_BLACK)
    ->render();
```

Demo
----

[](#demo)

Run:

```
cd demo
php snake.php

```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~11 days

Total

2

Last Release

4103d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02015-02-22

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/130d2a3a039f00925395a3c2665077f39d038c45634fa0bb7b584c6b5928743a?d=identicon)[wnowicki](/maintainers/wnowicki)

---

Top Contributors

[![wnowicki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3448809?v=4)](https://github.com/wnowicki "wnowicki (38 commits)")

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