MetaPkg

Single-file meta package manager and GitHub client written in PHP.

• Works as a CLI tool
• Also exposes a minimal HTML GUI
• No database, no framework, no cURL – just file_get_contents and public APIs

Supported ecosystems:

• PyPI (pypi) – Python packages
• Composer / Packagist (composer) – PHP packages
• OSS / GitHub (oss) – generic open-source repos

Extra GitHub capabilities:

• Search repositories
• Crawl trending repos / repos by topic
• Read & write issues
• Read & write discussions

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Requirements

• PHP 7.4+
• allow_url_fopen = On
• OpenSSL enabled (for HTTPS)
• Internet access

Optional but recommended:

• GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
  • Needed for creating/commenting on issues and discussions
  • Also increases GitHub API rate limits

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Installation

1. Copy meta-pkg.php into your project or somewhere in $PATH.

2. (Optional) Make it executable:

   chmod +x meta-pkg.php