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bennoislost/magento-developer-meta
==================================

Tooling for Magento development

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Magento Developer Meta
======================

[](#magento-developer-meta)

Install valuable Magento 1.x development tools with this meta package.

Meta Package?
-------------

[](#meta-package)

> An empty package that contains requirements and will trigger their installation, but contains no files and will not write anything to the filesystem. As such, it does not require a dist or source key to be installable.

[Composer Schema Types](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#type)

Install
-------

[](#install)

With the Magento Composer Installer Via Packagist

```
composer.phar require bennoislost/magento-developer-meta

```

Some packages may require you to add the "Firegento" repository to your projects `composer.json`

```
composer.phar config repositories.firegento composer https://packages.firegento.com

```

See  for common installation problems.

Some packages may require running of setup or config resources for a full installation....

- `madalinoprea/magneto-debug` - Setup resource for additional query logging
- `oepeople/aoe_templatehints` - Remove `dev/restrict/allow_ips` config path or set correctly & depending on your projects Magento Composer Module install type set `dev/template/allow_symlink` to 1.

If you are not familiar with these tools please see the related package repository for installation instructions and FAQ's.

Tools
-----

[](#tools)

### AOEpeople - Advanced Template Hints

[](#aoepeople---advanced-template-hints)

> `Aoe_TemplateHints` extends the default Magento "Template Hints" developer functionality by adding more information for each block.

[https://github.com/AOEpeople/Aoe\_TemplateHints](https://github.com/AOEpeople/Aoe_TemplateHints)

### Mario Oprea - Magento Debug

[](#mario-oprea---magento-debug)

> This repository represents an extension for Magento 1.x that offers a developer debug toolbar. The idea came from robhudson's django-debug-toolbar. Latest version is based on Symfony's WebProfilerBundle UI.

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

If you would like to add / remove a package, please submit a Pull Request.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~222 days

Total

3

Last Release

3172d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02017-10-23

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1015154?v=4)[Ben McArrowsmith](/maintainers/bennoislost)[@bennoislost](https://github.com/bennoislost)

---

Top Contributors

[![bennoislost](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1015154?v=4)](https://github.com/bennoislost "bennoislost (5 commits)")

---

Tags

debugmagentotools

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