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fof/synopsis
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Show summary excerpts on discussion lists.

1.0.1(1y ago)08.0k—7.1%2[1 issues](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/synopsis/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/synopsis/pulls)MITPHPCI passing

Since Mar 28Pushed 3mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/FriendsOfFlarum/synopsis)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/fof/synopsis)[ Fund](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ianm1)[ RSS](/packages/fof-synopsis/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.x Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (6)Versions (7)Used By (0)

FriendsOfFlarum Synopsis
========================

[](#friendsofflarum-synopsis)

[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7013272bd27ece47364536a221edb554cd69683b68a46fc0ee96881174c4214c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c75652e737667) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/495962dd1fb4e210288ac5d771aae542718dadb190be496bcb98dc73927b9536/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f666f662f73796e6f707369732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/fof/synopsis)

A [Flarum](https://github.com/flarum/flarum) extension which adds summary excerpts to the discussion list.

Features
--------

[](#features)

As well as displaying an excerpt as a summary (with configurable length):

- All display strings are translatable
- Toggle between displaying plain or rich content in the summary (admin)
- Choose from using either the first or latest post in the summary (admin)
- User preference to show/hide summaries
- User preference to enable summaries on mobile

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

### Admin settings

[](#admin-settings)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/103157392-18bd3e80-47aa-11eb-8760-2108fdb68000.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/103157392-18bd3e80-47aa-11eb-8760-2108fdb68000.png)

#### Rich content in summary

[](#rich-content-in-summary)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/103157062-4c4a9980-47a7-11eb-9103-327f3aff0690.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/103157062-4c4a9980-47a7-11eb-9103-327f3aff0690.png)

#### User settings

[](#user-settings)

[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/103158069-b23c1e80-47b1-11eb-8877-29016b7e4b21.png)](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/16573496/103158069-b23c1e80-47b1-11eb-8877-29016b7e4b21.png)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require fof/synopsis
```

### Updating

[](#updating)

```
composer require fof/synopsis
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear
```

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Github](https://github.com/friendsofflarum/synopsis)
- [Discuss](https://discuss.flarum.org/d/37231)
- [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/fof/synopsis)

Support
-------

[](#support)

Please consider supporting my extension development and maintenance work. [Buy me a coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ianm1)

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance67

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.5% 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 ~65 days

Recently: every ~73 days

Total

6

Last Release

92d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.0-beta.12025-11-02

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16573496?v=4)[IanM](/maintainers/imorland)[@imorland](https://github.com/imorland)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1630413?v=4)[Gregor Hammerschmidt](/maintainers/GreXXL)[@GreXXL](https://github.com/GreXXL)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0538135c1debcef5602dce7ece027909cc832b7a6284ab9189a19aa8de98d60d?d=identicon)[clarkwinkelmann](/maintainers/clarkwinkelmann)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1298cdc0b2402a1aa34fb75a254947d655e090d62bd0531311331d369cac934e?d=identicon)[datitisev](/maintainers/datitisev)

---

Top Contributors

[![imorland](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16573496?v=4)](https://github.com/imorland "imorland (74 commits)")[![flarum-bot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39334649?v=4)](https://github.com/flarum-bot "flarum-bot (34 commits)")[![jordanjay29](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7871706?v=4)](https://github.com/jordanjay29 "jordanjay29 (19 commits)")[![StyleCIBot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11048387?v=4)](https://github.com/StyleCIBot "StyleCIBot (5 commits)")[![davwheat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7406822?v=4)](https://github.com/davwheat "davwheat (3 commits)")[![clarkwinkelmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5264300?v=4)](https://github.com/clarkwinkelmann "clarkwinkelmann (1 commits)")[![SychO9](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20267363?v=4)](https://github.com/SychO9 "SychO9 (1 commits)")[![iamdarkle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15818451?v=4)](https://github.com/iamdarkle "iamdarkle (1 commits)")[![luceos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/504687?v=4)](https://github.com/luceos "luceos (1 commits)")[![Ralkage](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2059356?v=4)](https://github.com/Ralkage "Ralkage (1 commits)")[![rob006](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5972388?v=4)](https://github.com/rob006 "rob006 (1 commits)")

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Tags

summaryflarumdiscussionexcerptexcerptssummariessynopsis

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![Health badge](/badges/fof-synopsis/health.svg)

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