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extiverse/mercury
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The Extiverse extension to understand Flarum extension updates

0.2.0(3y ago)46.0k[5 issues](https://github.com/extiverse/mercury/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/extiverse/mercury/pulls)MITPHP

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Mercury
=======

[](#mercury)

The smallest planet in our solar system is a great example that small things can have great meaning. Mercury stands closest to our sun and orbits the sun in the least days. It is like a satellite constantly watching over the sun.

This extension helps you keep your Flarum community better updated. I have more plans for it and willing to listen to incorporate your suggestions, but right now it:

- shows a button in the admin area with the number of available updates to your extensions
- contains an admin page listing all your extensions and whether they have newer versions available
- offers a cronjob/scheduled command that can check for updates in your absence
- can send an email to all admins whenever it finds any updates

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

Sorry people, this extension is **only for systems running php 7.4 or higher**. Not being able to use all type hints made me go bald.

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require extiverse/mercury:*
```

Go to your admin area and enable the extension. Follow the link on the Mercury page to retrieve an Extiverse API token. Without a token this extension does not work.

### Command

[](#command)

Run the command in your ssh/terminal/cli if you want a quick overview of whether extensions have updates:

```
php flarum mercury:update-check
```

### Cronjob

[](#cronjob)

This extension does not automatically register itself (yet) to the Flarum scheduler. I've chosen against it so that you can configure your own interval; I recommend checking less than once a day.

The command to schedule is:

```
php flarum mercury:update-check --notify
```

If you drop the `--notify` flag no notifications are send to admins.

This [excellent discussion](https://discuss.flarum.org/d/24118) by Ian Morland will help you set up your cronjob. Instead of using the command `schedule:run` use `mercury:update-check --notify`.

### Links

[](#links)

- [GitHub](https://github.com/extiverse/mercury)
- [Extiverse](https://extiverse.com)

[![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b6b0d61266beadabc922382ded5a2024652c417a737f429d238f0377f1d25f28/68747470733a2f2f6578746976657273652e636f6d2f657874656e73696f6e2f6578746976657273652f6d6572637572792f636172642e706e67)](https://extiverse.com/extension/extiverse/mercury)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.9% 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 ~86 days

Total

5

Last Release

1457d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/504687?v=4)[Daniël Klabbers](/maintainers/Luceos)[@luceos](https://github.com/luceos)

---

Top Contributors

[![luceos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/504687?v=4)](https://github.com/luceos "luceos (14 commits)")[![flarum-bot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39334649?v=4)](https://github.com/flarum-bot "flarum-bot (4 commits)")[![imorland](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16573496?v=4)](https://github.com/imorland "imorland (3 commits)")[![rob006](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5972388?v=4)](https://github.com/rob006 "rob006 (2 commits)")

---

Tags

notificationupdatesextensionflarumextiverse

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