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andrewnicols/moodle-cs-strict
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The Moodle coding standard with added standards to make it stricter

v0.1.1(3y ago)012GPL-2.0-or-later

Since Dec 20Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Moodle Coding Style with added Best Practice
============================================

[](#moodle-coding-style-with-added-best-practice)

This is an extended version of the [Moodle Coding style](https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Coding_style) with added opinionated best practices.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

```
composer global require andrewnicols/moodle-cs-strict

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Note: This configuration depends on MDL-76272 having landed

1. Create a new `.phpcs.xml` file in your repository with the content:

```

```

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1239d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/af50aff7bc9a1b0863806f0a384ce233451b87a1425b4b4de51aea64810ace59?d=identicon)[andrewnicols](/maintainers/andrewnicols)

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Top Contributors

[![andrewnicols](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/370047?v=4)](https://github.com/andrewnicols "andrewnicols (4 commits)")

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Tags

standardsphpcscode reviewmoodle

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