Helps to discover and install tools


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Helps to discover and install tools.

Use cases

Toolbox started its life as a simple script in the phpqa docker image. Its purpose was to install set of tools while building the docker image and it's still its main goal. It has been extracted as a separate project to make maintenance easier and enable new use cases.

Available tools

Name Description PHP 8.1 PHP 8.2 PHP 8.3
behat Helps to test business expectations
box Fast, zero config application bundler with PHARs
box-3 Fast, zero config application bundler with PHARs
churn Discovers good candidates for refactoring
codeception Codeception is a BDD-styled PHP testing framework
composer Dependency Manager for PHP
composer-bin-plugin Composer plugin to install bin vendors in isolated locations
composer-normalize Composer plugin to normalize composer.json files
composer-require-checker Verify that no unknown symbols are used in the sources of a package.
composer-require-checker-3 Verify that no unknown symbols are used in the sources of a package.
composer-unused Show unused packages by scanning your code
dephpend Detect flaws in your architecture
deprecation-detector Finds usages of deprecated code
deptrac Enforces dependency rules between software layers
diffFilter Applies QA tools to run on a single pull request
ecs Sets up and runs coding standard checks
infection AST based PHP Mutation Testing Framework
larastan PHPStan extension for Laravel
local-php-security-checker Checks composer dependencies for known security vulnerabilities
parallel-lint Checks PHP file syntax
paratest Parallel testing for PHPUnit
pdepend Static Analysis Tool
pest The elegant PHP Testing Framework
phan Static Analysis Tool
phive PHAR Installation and Verification Environment
php-coupling-detector Detects code coupling issues
php-cs-fixer PHP Coding Standards Fixer
php-fuzzer A fuzzer for PHP, which can be used to find bugs in libraries by feeding them 'random' inputs
php-semver-checker Suggests a next version according to semantic versioning
phpa Checks for weak assumptions
phparkitect Helps to put architectural constraints in a PHP code base
phpat Easy to use architecture testing tool
phpbench PHP Benchmarking framework
phpca Finds usage of non-built-in extensions
phpcb PHP Code Browser
phpcbf Automatically corrects coding standard violations
phpcodesniffer-composer-install Easy installation of PHP_CodeSniffer coding standards (rulesets).
phpcov a command-line frontend for the PHP_CodeCoverage library
phpcpd Copy/Paste Detector
phpcs Detects coding standard violations
phpcs-security-audit Finds vulnerabilities and weaknesses related to security in PHP code
phpdd Finds usage of deprecated features
phpDocumentor Documentation generator
phpinsights Analyses code quality, style, architecture and complexity
phplint Lints php files in parallel
phploc A tool for quickly measuring the size of a PHP project
phpmd A tool for finding problems in PHP code
phpmetrics Static Analysis Tool
phpmnd Helps to detect magic numbers
phpspec SpecBDD Framework
phpstan Static Analysis Tool
phpstan-banned-code PHPStan rules for detecting calls to specific functions you don't want in your project
phpstan-beberlei-assert PHPStan extension for beberlei/assert
phpstan-deprecation-rules PHPStan rules for detecting deprecated code
phpstan-doctrine Doctrine extensions for PHPStan
phpstan-ergebnis-rules Additional rules for PHPstan
phpstan-exception-rules PHPStan rules for checked and unchecked exceptions
phpstan-larastan Separate installation of phpstan for larastan
phpstan-phpunit PHPUnit extensions and rules for PHPStan
phpstan-strict-rules Extra strict and opinionated rules for PHPStan
phpstan-symfony Symfony extension for PHPStan
phpstan-webmozart-assert PHPStan extension for webmozart/assert
phpunit The PHP testing framework
phpunit-10 The PHP testing framework (10.x version)
phpunit-8 The PHP testing framework (8.x version)
phpunit-9 The PHP testing framework (9.x version)
pint Opinionated PHP code style fixer for Laravel
psalm Finds errors in PHP applications
psalm-plugin-doctrine Stubs to let Psalm understand Doctrine better
psalm-plugin-phpunit Psalm plugin for PHPUnit
psalm-plugin-symfony Psalm Plugin for Symfony
psecio-parse Scans code for potential security-related issues
rector Tool for instant code upgrades and refactoring
roave-backward-compatibility-check Tool to compare two revisions of a class API to check for BC breaks
simple-phpunit Provides utilities to report legacy tests and usage of deprecated code
twig-lint Standalone cli twig 1.X linter
twig-linter Standalone cli twig 3.X linter
twigcs The missing checkstyle for twig!
yaml-lint Compact command line utility for checking YAML file syntax

Removed tools

Name Summary
analyze Visualizes metrics and source code
box-legacy Legacy version of box
composer-normalize Composer plugin to normalize composer.json files
design-pattern Detects design patterns
parallel-lint Checks PHP file syntax
php-formatter Custom coding standards fixer
phpcf Finds usage of deprecated features
phpda Generates dependency graphs
phpdoc-to-typehint Automatically adds type hints and return types based on PHPDocs
phpstan-localheinz-rules Additional rules for PHPstan
phpunit-5 The PHP testing framework (5.x version)
phpunit-7 The PHP testing framework (7.x version)
security-checker Checks composer dependencies for known security vulnerabilities
testability Analyses and reports testability issues of a php codebase

Installation

Get the toolbox.phar from the latest release. The command below should do the job:

curl -Ls https://github.com/jakzal/toolbox/releases/latest/download/toolbox.phar -o toolbox && chmod +x toolbox

Usage

List available tools

./toolbox list-tools

Filter tools by tags

To exclude some tools from the listing multiple --exclude-tag options can be added. The --tag option can be used to filter tools by tags.

./toolbox list-tools --exclude-tag exclude-php:8.2 --exclude-tag foo --tag bar

Install tools

./toolbox install

Install tools in a custom directory

By default tools are installed in the /usr/local/bin directory. To perform an installation in another location, pass the --target-dir option to the install command. Also, to change the location composer packages are installed in, export the COMPOSER_HOME environment variable.

mkdir /tools
export COMPOSER_HOME=/tools/.composer
export PATH="/tools:$COMPOSER_HOME/vendor/bin:$PATH"
./toolbox install --target-dir /tools

The target dir can also be configured with the TOOLBOX_TARGET_DIR environment variable.

Dry run

To only see what commands would be executed, use the dry run mode:

./toolbox install --dry-run

Filter tools by tags

To exclude some tools from the installation multiple --exclude-tag options can be added. The --tag option can be used to filter tools by tags.

./toolbox install --exclude-tag exclude-php:8.2 --exclude-tag foo --tag bar

Test if installed tools are usable

./toolbox test

Dry run

To only see what commands would be executed, use the dry run mode:

./toolbox test --dry-run

Filter tools by tags

To exclude some tools from the generated test command multiple --exclude-tag options can be added. The --tag option can be used to filter tools by tags.

./toolbox test --exclude-tag exclude-php:8.2 --exclude-tag foo --tag bar

Tools definitions

By default the following files are used to load tool definitions:

  • resources/pre-installation.json
  • resources/architecture.json
  • resources/checkstyle.json
  • resources/compatibility.json
  • resources/composer.json
  • resources/deprecation.json
  • resources/documentation.json
  • resources/linting.json
  • resources/metrics.json
  • resources/phpstan.json
  • resources/psalm.json
  • resources/refactoring.json
  • resources/security.json
  • resources/test.json
  • resources/tools.json

Definitions can be loaded from customised files by passing the --tools option(s):

./toolbox list-tools --tools path/to/file1.json --tools path/to/file2.json

Tool definition location(s) can be also specified with the TOOLBOX_JSON environment variable:

TOOLBOX_JSON='path/to/file1.json,path/to/file2.json' ./toolbox list-tools

Tool tags

Tools can be tagged in order to enable grouping and filtering them.

The tags below have a special meaning:

  • pre-installation - these tools will be installed before any other tools.
  • exclude-php:8.1, exclude-php:8.2 etc - used to exclude installation on the specified php version.

Contributing

Please read the Contributing guide to learn about contributing to this project. Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.