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fab/context-hints
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Display hints about the current Application Context

1.1.0(11y ago)1297GPL-2.0+PHP

Since Aug 11Pushed 11y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/fudriot/context_hints)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/fab/context-hints)[ Docs](https://github.com/fabarea/context_hints)[ RSS](/packages/fab-context-hints/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 5d ago

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Context hints
=============

[](#context-hints)

This extension shows a little message on the top of the Backend about the current Application Context along with some useful info displayed as as tooltip. Application Context has been introduced in CMS 6.2 allowing to customize "behaviours" according a Production, Development, Testing context.

After configuring and installing the extension, reload the Backend and notice the additional info next to the TYPO3 logo.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community6

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 ~275 days

Total

2

Last Release

4021d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9df52765d70098f094d02c41a2fda5b108b30ba7e58383dd79c5eda0f286dd21?d=identicon)[fudriot](/maintainers/fudriot)

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Top Contributors

[![fabarea](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/620730?v=4)](https://github.com/fabarea "fabarea (19 commits)")

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Tags

ContextTYPO3 CMSinfo

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