Phar is an option for Tiki Manager Packaging and could even perhaps be used to package Tiki itself.
Libraries to manage Phars
- https://github.com/humbug/phar-updater
- https://box-project.github.io/box2/
- https://phar.io/
- https://github.com/clue/phar-composer
Even JS and CSS could be packaged in Phar
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