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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. yannoff/yamltools ActiveConsole-script[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) yannoff/yamltools ================= A command-line Swiss-Knife for YAML files 1.5.0(2y ago)143[1 PRs](https://github.com/yannoff/yamltools/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.5 Since Mar 4Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/yannoff/yamltools)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/yamltools)[ Docs](https://github.com/yannoff/yamltools)[ RSS](/packages/yannoff-yamltools/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (4)Versions (19)Used By (0) yannoff/yamltools ================= [](#yannoffyamltools) The YAML Tools Project: A command-line swiss-knife for `YAML`, written in PHP. [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d675dcb5500697e907a79672d604074de8ada36b960301a2854bb93773c54ee4/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f79616e6e6f66662f79616d6c746f6f6c732f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/yamltools)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0b6d40c708064c157401c9a59885508b14813f33ede5719c3707d0387f1dd5e6/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f79616e6e6f66662f79616d6c746f6f6c732f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/yamltools)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/eed7c7230367b55b53b100eabbb8e65f5130b811828c35820f19a5dccf042ab2/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f79616e6e6f66662f79616d6c746f6f6c732f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/yannoff/yamltools) Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - `php` 5.6.40+ - `go-md2man` for advanced configuration (see [Advanced install section](#advanced-install) for details) Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### Quick install [](#quick-install) #### Option A: As a composer global package [](#option-a-as-a-composer-global-package) *The [yamltools phar](https://github.com/yannoff/yamltools/releases/latest/download/yamltools) may be installed as a global package using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) or [offenbach](https://github.com/yannoff/offenbach).* ``` composer global require yannoff/yamltools ``` or ``` offenbach global require yannoff/yamltools ``` > *The `$COMPOSER_HOME/vendor/bin` directory have to be in the `PATH` system-wide environment variable.* #### Option B: Manual download [](#option-b-manual-download) Get the latest release and install it ``` curl -Lo /usr/bin/yamltools https://github.com/yannoff/yamltools/releases/latest/download/yamltools chmod +x /usr/bin/yamltools ``` > *The `/usr/bin/yamltools` path is just an example, fell free to replace by any custom binary file path.* ### Advanced install [](#advanced-install) 1. Clone or fetch a zipball from this repository 2. Run configure if you want to fine-tune installation parameters (run `./configure --help` to see available options and invocation *modus operandi*). 3. Compille & install: `make && sudo make install` Usage ----- [](#usage) The YAML Tools Project comes with several utilities to handle YAML from the command-line: - [Converter](doc/converter.md) : Juggle easily between `JSON` & `YAML` formats - [Comments](doc/comments.md) : Manipulate YAML comments: export, import & merge Acknowledgement --------------- [](#acknowledgement) The YAML Tools Project is based on the well-known [symfony/yaml](https://github.com/symfony/yaml) component, which implements its own engine to dump/parse YAML data. Two reasons motivated the choice: - The component is a standalone, pure PHP implementation: no need to have the [Yaml PHP extension](http://pecl.php.net/package/yaml) installed, guaranteeing a wider support for many platforms. - The dumps are more pretty-print oriented, and more flexible, allowing to customize indentation and inline wrapping level. The major drawback on the other hand is that the component is [not fully compliant](https://symfony.com/doc/3.4/components/yaml/yaml_format.html#unsupported-yaml-features) with YAML Standards. Credits ------- [](#credits) Licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE). ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 52% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity9 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity64 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 91.8% 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 ~104 days Recently: every ~140 days Total 17 Last Release 1000d ago PHP version history (2 changes)1.4.0PHP >=5.6.40 1.4.6PHP >=5.5 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0f7d03ec2e1304f585bacac055f09969294b8c08146d6be1d00504193be3bc9e?d=identicon)[yannoff](/maintainers/yannoff) --- Top Contributors [![yannoff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20049273?v=4)](https://github.com/yannoff "yannoff (89 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (8 commits)") --- Tags commentsjsonjson-parserjson-to-yamlyamlyaml-parseryaml-to-json ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/yannoff-yamltools/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/yannoff-yamltools/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/yannoff-yamltools) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/yaml Loads and dumps YAML files 3.9k816.3M10.7k](/packages/symfony-yaml)[symfony/serializer Handles serializing and deserializing data structures, including object graphs, into array structures or other formats like XML and JSON. 2.5k319.4M3.2k](/packages/symfony-serializer)[twig/twig Twig, the flexible, fast, and secure template language for PHP 8.4k457.8M6.8k](/packages/twig-twig)[symfony/string Provides an object-oriented API to strings and deals with bytes, UTF-8 code points and grapheme clusters in a unified way 1.8k759.1M1.2k](/packages/symfony-string)[drupal/core-recommended Locked core dependencies; require this project INSTEAD OF drupal/core. 6941.5M396](/packages/drupal-core-recommended)[tempest/framework The PHP framework that gets out of your way. 2.2k31.1k12](/packages/tempest-framework) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)