[Yii Console]](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii-console) version 2.4.0 was released. In this version:

• Change PHP constraint in composer.json to 8.0 - 8.4
• Check empty string as key in command map in CommandLoader validation
• Fix typo in UNAVAILABLE exit code reason
• Throw RuntimeException in ServeCommand when it wasn't possible to find out the current directory

Version 2.3 of Yii Console package was tagged.

• Added --open option for serve command
• Printed possible options for serve command
• Explicitly marked nullable parameters

First stable version of console application template is released.

It is a console only application template that can be used to perform common tasks in a Yii application such as queue workers, websocket servers, running daily cron tasks or just manual commands.

Detailed readme is availabe in the package.

Three runner pacakges was released.

Yii Runner 2.2 and Yii Console Runner 2.2

• Added ability to set custom config merge plan file path, config and vendor directories.

Yii HTTP Runner 2.3

• Added ability to set custom config merge plan file path, config and vendor directories.
• Support stream output headers.
• Don't used buffered output in SapiEmitter when body size is less than buffer.

Version 2.2 of Yii Console package was tagged.

In this version allowed to use ErrorListiner without logger.

Version 2.1 of Yii Console package was tagged.

In this version:

• Enhanced output for serve command
• Added --xdebug option for serve
• Fixed accepting : as command name separator
• Added something else

Version 2.0 of Yii Console package was tagged.

In this version configuration group names adapted to Yii conventions and make a few fixes and improvements:

• added workers option to serve command with default of two workers under Linux;
• explicitly added transitive dependencies psr/event-dispatcher and psr/log;
• fixed executing the list command with namespace.

Version 1.1.0 of Yii Console Runnner package was tagged. This version adds passing input aggregate to the console application.

Version 1.3.0 of Yii Console package was tagged. This version adds collecting console command name to ApplicationStartup class.

Version 1.2.0 of Yii console package was tagged. This version adds an ability to configure defaults for yii serve command that starts built-in development web server. It could be done via params.php of the console:

return [
    'yiisoft/yii-console' => [
        // ...
        'serve' => [
            'appRootPath' => null,
            'options' => [
                'address' => '127.0.0.1',
                'port' => '8080',
                'docroot' => 'public',
                'router' => 'public/index.php',
            ],
        ],
    ],

Minor release of Yii Console package was tagged:

• The minimum PHP version required is now 8.0.
• There's now bash completion for serve command and it serves at 127.0.0.1 by default instead of localhost.

First release of Yii Runner was tagged. A runner hides application initialization details making configuration process easier.

For example, instead of complicated initialization, the following is enough for HTTP application's index.php:

<?php

First release of Yii Console package was tagged. It provides a console that could be added to an application.

The package uses Symfony Console under the hood and adds:

• serve command that starts built-in PHP server.
• Application events ApplicationStartup and ApplicationShutdown.
• Friendly exceptions support.
• namespace/command command naming style.