# phpactor/phpactor

Mainly a PHP Language Server with more features than you can shake a stick at

Repository: https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phpactor
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, completion, refactoring, vim
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:53:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3996, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 18, "gap_med": 22.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1920, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.143854+00:00)

## What it is
Phpactor is a PHP language server and refactoring toolkit providing code completion, navigation, and code transformations. It can be used standalone from the CLI or as a backend for editors like Vim and Emacs.

## Use cases
- get intelligent PHP code completion in vim
- refactor PHP code from the command line
- jump to definition and find references in PHP projects
- auto-import class names while coding PHP
- generate classes and methods in PHP
- run a language server for PHP in my editor

## When to choose
- you edit PHP in Vim or Emacs and want rich IDE features
- you need standalone PHP refactoring and introspection tools
- you value code actions and refactoring breadth over raw performance

## When to avoid
- you need the fastest or most accurate PHP language server available
- you develop on Windows without WSL
- you want a fully maintained project with active performance work

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, linter, search-engine, cli
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: cli, editor-plugin
- tags: php, language-server, lsp, code-completion, refactoring, vim-plugin, static-analysis, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- phpactor/phpactor (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.143854+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:09:49.401149+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/phpactor/phpactor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.143854+00:00, sha 9a9d17f7afdd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.