illegalstudio/elephc
A PHP-to-native compiler. Takes a subset of PHP and compiles it directly to native assembly, producing standalone binaries for the currently supported targets: macOS ARM64, Linux ARM64, and Linux x86_64. No interpreter, no VM, no runtime dependencies.
Health Breakdown
Should you contribute to illegalstudio/elephc?
illegalstudio/elephc has a FoundDev health score of 85/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.
Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in Rust, so prior Rust experience will shorten ramp-up.
Licensed under MIT, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.