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christopherbolt/silverstripe-bolttools
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Includes common tools and configuration used in ChristopherBolt.Com silverstripe sites.

v1.0.2(7y ago)03251PHPPHP >=5.5

Since Nov 6Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (11)Versions (10)Used By (0)

This module includes common extensions, functions etc used by christopherbolt.com developed websites.

It's not really intended for public use, so support and documentation is limited, but you are more than welcome to use it and contribute to it.

Requires SS 4.x see 1.0 branch for SS 3

Install silverstripe (update to version required):

```
composer create-project silverstripe/installer . 4.0.3

```

Install BoltTools:

```
composer require christopherbolt/silverstripe-bolttools ^2

```

Copy accross base mysite and themes.

Run the silverstripe web installer if you use it.

Run post install commands as required:

```
cat vendor/christopherbolt/silverstripe-bolttools/install/htaccess.txt public/.htaccess > temp && mv temp public/.htaccess && cat vendor/christopherbolt/silverstripe-bolttools/install/gitignore.txt >> .gitignore && mv vendor/christopherbolt/silverstripe-bolttools/install/robots.txt public/robots.txt && rm public/install.php

```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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 ~390 days

Recently: every ~474 days

Total

9

Last Release

37d ago

Major Versions

v0.9 → v1.0.12018-02-28

v1.0.2 → 2.0.x-dev2021-03-16

1.0.x-dev → 3.0.x-dev2025-12-16

3.0.x-dev → 4.0.x-dev2026-01-29

4.0.x-dev → 5.0.x-dev2026-05-27

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.9PHP >=5.5

2.0.x-devPHP >=5.6

3.0.x-devPHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16007412?v=4)[christopherbolt](/maintainers/christopherbolt)[@christopherbolt](https://github.com/christopherbolt)

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Top Contributors

[![christopherbolt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16007412?v=4)](https://github.com/christopherbolt "christopherbolt (94 commits)")

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