Hi all,

There is another alternative (see https://github.com/box-project/box) that can build a PHAR distribution easily.

I've generated a quick box.json config file (as follow), if you want to test the PHAR version.

{
    "main": "codecept",
    "compression": "GZ",
    "directories": [
        "ext",
        "package",
        "src",
        "vendor"
    ],
    "files": [
        "codecept",
        "app.php",
        "autoload.php",
        "functions.php"
    ]
}

Put the json config file with previous contents at root of the Codeception repo.
You can download the most recent BOX phar version at https://github.com/box-project/box/releases/download/4.6.7/box.phar

And then compile the Codeception PHAR distribution with following command :

php box.phar compile (default uses the box.json config filename)

You'll get something like :

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/_____/\____/_/|_|


Box version 4.6.7@190d527 2025-09-06 15:45:56 UTC

 // Loading the configuration file "/shared/backups/github/Codeception/box.json".

🔨  Building the PHAR "/shared/backups/github/Codeception/codecept.phar"

? Checking Composer compatibility
    > Supported version detected
? No compactor to register
? Adding main file: /shared/backups/github/Codeception/codecept
? Adding requirements checker
? Adding binary files
    > No file found
? Auto-discover files? No
? Exclude dev files? Yes
? Adding files
    > 4647 file(s)
? Generating new stub
  - Using shebang line: #!/usr/bin/env php
  - Using banner:
    > Generated by Humbug Box 4.6.7@190d527.
    >
    > @link https://github.com/humbug/box
? Dumping the Composer autoloader
? Removing the Composer dump artefacts
? Compressing with the algorithm "GZ"
    > Warning: the extension "zlib" will now be required to execute the PHAR
? Setting file permissions to 0755
* Done.

💡  1 recommendation found:
    - The "main" setting can be omitted since is set to its default value
No warning found.

 // PHAR: 4680 files (4.60MB)
 // You can inspect the generated PHAR with the "info" command.

 // Memory usage: 76.69MB (peak: 77.98MB), time: 11secs

I've not tested all features to see if it's running as expected, but at least the run Unit command seems to work fine.
Tested on my project (https://github.com/llaville/sarif-php-sdk/tree/2.3) where I've recently introduced support of Codeception v5.

codecept.phar run Unit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php

Codeception PHP Testing Framework v5.3.2 https://stand-with-ukraine.pp.ua

Tests.Unit Tests (72) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/message/embedded links" (0.04s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/message/formatted" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/message/plain text" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/message/string lookup" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/address" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/artifact" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/attachment" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/code flow" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/configuration override" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/conversion" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/exception" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/external properties" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/external property file references" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/fix" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/graph" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/graph traversal" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/location relationship" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/logical location" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/physical location" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/rectangle" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/reporting configuration" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/reporting descriptor" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/reporting descriptor reference" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/reporting descriptor relationship" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/result" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/result provenance" (0.01s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/run" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/run automation details" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/sarif log" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/special locations" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/stack" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/suppression" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/tool" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/translation metadata" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/version control details" (0.00s)
✔ BuilderFactoryTest: Builder factory | "examples/builder/web request" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/message/embedded links" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/message/formatted" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/message/plain text" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/message/string lookup" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/address" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/artifact" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/attachment" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/code flow" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/configuration override" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/conversion" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/exception" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/external properties" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/external property file references" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/fix" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/graph" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/graph traversal" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/location relationship" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/logical location" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/physical location" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/rectangle" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/reporting configuration" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/reporting descriptor" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/reporting descriptor reference" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/reporting descriptor relationship" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/result" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/result provenance" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/run" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/run automation details" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/sarif log" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/special locations" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/stack" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/suppression" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/tool" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/translation metadata" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/version control details" (0.00s)
✔ NativeJsonSerializerTest: Build report | "examples/web request" (0.00s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Time: 00:01.193, Memory: 22.61 MB

OK (72 tests, 360 assertions)

Hope it will help, and enjoy !

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