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espressobytes/debug-hints
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Debug Hints for Magento 2

v1.1.3(6y ago)2558proprietaryPHP

Since May 31Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Magento2 Debug-Hints
====================

[](#magento2-debug-hints)

### Overview

[](#overview)

A simple Magento 2 module to show block and template names on the output html.

If the module is enabled, comments are integrated in the html-output at the start and the end of each block:

```

    ... html content of block and template ...

```

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require espressobytes/debug-hints --dev

bin/magento module:enable Espressobytes_DebugHints

bin/magento setup:up

php bin/magento cache:clean

```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

- In Admin navigate to: **Stores > Configuration > Espressobytes Modules > Debug Hints**
- Set **Show Frontend Hints** to **Yes**, if you want to show template names in frontend
- Set **Show Adminhtml Hints** to **Yes**, if you want to show template names in adminhtml

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

v1.1.1: Support for blocks and templates in Adminhtml, show layout-names of blocks

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

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 ~176 days

Total

3

Last Release

2234d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3527116?v=4)[espressobytes](/maintainers/espressobytes)[@espressobytes](https://github.com/espressobytes)

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Top Contributors

[![espressobytes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3527116?v=4)](https://github.com/espressobytes "espressobytes (18 commits)")

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