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andrewnicols/moodlebestpractice
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The best-practice Moodle coding standard

v0.3.1(4y ago)016GPL-2.0-or-later

Since Feb 16Pushed 4y 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)\[[https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Coding\_style](https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Coding_style)\] with added opionated best practices.

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

[](#installation)

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

```
composer global require squizlabs/php_codesniffer andrewnicols/moodlebestpractice

```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~2 days

Total

6

Last Release

1532d 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 (9 commits)")

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Tags

standardsphpcscode reviewmoodle

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