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znck/initium
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Begin a new project with ease!

v0.0.1(10y ago)011MITPHPPHP ~7.0

Since Jun 1Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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initium
=======

[](#initium)

Start project with any repository!

[![initium](cover.png)](cover.png)

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Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer global require znck/initium
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
initium new  []
```

Create your own skeleton repository
-----------------------------------

[](#create-your-own-skeleton-repository)

`Initium` replaces all strings starting with semi-colon with user provided data. Example: `:vendor/:project_name` will be replaced by variables named `[Vendor/Project Name]`

### Features

[](#features)

- For key `:project_name` value be `foo project` then:
    - `:Project_name` = `Foo project`
    - `:Project_Name` = `Foo Project`
    - `:PROJECT_NAME` = `FOO PROJECT`

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Rahul Kadyan](https://github.com/znck)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

3681d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/79c0b664c035ee2af1f8988190a505d9fd559649b56711d31670f6717e3ec441?d=identicon)[znck](/maintainers/znck)

---

Top Contributors

[![znck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2596484?v=4)](https://github.com/znck "znck (3 commits)")

---

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