flex VS Laravel-Zero

It works by fetching a separate repository containing the recipe, either hosted by Symfony in symfony/recipes and symfony/recipes-contrib, or self-hosted with some extra steps required. It's good and it works. But it could be better: embedded in repositories. Unfortunately the Symfony team doesn't plan on adding this feature. It's been rejected here, here and here.

More background on why flex.symfony.com (the server replacing symfony.sh!) no longer works can be found on https://github.com/symfony/flex/issues/890

This setup can be automated and that's why Symfony includes Symfony Flex, a tool to simplify the installation/removal of packages in Symfony applications. Technically speaking, Symfony Flex is a Composer plugin that is installed by default when creating a new Symfony application and which automates the most common tasks of Symfony applications.”

Originally I considered using Laravel Zero but I think web views could play a role in the future such as an admin page to allow non-technical people to restart commands, etc.

Another Redditor pointed out https://laravel-zero.com which can build a standalone app, PHAR file. https://laravel-zero.com/docs/build-a-standalone-application

The app is based on Laravel Zero by u/nunomaduro, and it uses Termwind to render the release notes to console with styling and clickable links.

Hmm, since you're familiar with Laravel, you could give a try with Laravel Zero. It's based on Laravel (actually, this is stripped version of Laravel), and provides the bare bones for CLI apps.

We won't use specialised frameworks like Minicli or Laravel Zero because the goal is not so much to focus on features but to better understand the development, testing, and distribution phases of command-line programs.

I've been using Laravel Zero for quite sometimes, mostly writing simple application to do the ETL, migration purpose related - from one database type to another.

Laravel Zero: micro framework for console application;