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bolt/newswidget
===============

📰 A simple Widget Extension to display the latest Bolt news on the dashboard.

2.0.0(5mo ago)13170.5k↑26.8%23MITPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing

Since Aug 3Pushed 4mo ago2 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (6)Versions (20)Used By (3)

📰 Bolt News Widget
==================

[](#-bolt-news-widget)

A simple Widget Extension to display the latest Bolt news on the dashboard. Installation:

```
composer require bolt/newswidget
```

Running PHPStan and Easy Codings Standard
-----------------------------------------

[](#running-phpstan-and-easy-codings-standard)

First, make sure dependencies are installed:

```
COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer update

```

And then run ECS:

```
vendor/bin/ecs check src

```

###  Health Score

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance72

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62.2% 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 ~128 days

Recently: every ~526 days

Total

19

Last Release

168d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.02025-12-01

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.6PHP >=7.1.3

2.0.0PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1835343?v=4)[Bob van de Vijver](/maintainers/bobvandevijver)[@bobvandevijver](https://github.com/bobvandevijver)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3901745?v=4)[Tobias Feijten](/maintainers/tobias-93)[@tobias-93](https://github.com/tobias-93)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1833361?v=4)[Bob den Otter](/maintainers/bobdenotter)[@bobdenotter](https://github.com/bobdenotter)

---

Top Contributors

[![bobdenotter](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1833361?v=4)](https://github.com/bobdenotter "bobdenotter (28 commits)")[![bobvandevijver](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1835343?v=4)](https://github.com/bobvandevijver "bobvandevijver (16 commits)")[![I-Valchev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7093518?v=4)](https://github.com/I-Valchev "I-Valchev (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleECS

Type Coverage Yes

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