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backdrop-dev/languages
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Languages deals with loading textdomains and locale-specific function files, an add-on for the Backdrop framework.

v1.0.0(2y ago)0387GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Mar 18Pushed 1y agoCompare

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Backdrop Languages
==================

[](#backdrop-languages)

Backdrop Lang includes a Component class for handling the backdrop textdomain when building a theme. This should be used alongside any packages that uses text strings. It also includes locale-specific helper functions.

Copyright and License
=====================

[](#copyright-and-license)

This project is licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.

2019–2023 © Benjamin Lu

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

827d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/164923145?v=4)[techkodeninja](/maintainers/techkodeninja)[@techkodeninja](https://github.com/techkodeninja)

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Top Contributors

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