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forumaker/magicread
===================

Adds a pagination and a live character counter inside discussions

2.4.0(1mo ago)4937↑671.4%MITTypeScriptPHP &gt;=8.2

Since Jan 1Pushed 1mo agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/forumaker/magicread)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/forumaker/magicread)[ Docs](https://github.com/forumaker/magicread)[ RSS](/packages/forumaker-magicread/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.x Synced 2d ago

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✨ MagicRead for Flarum
======================

[](#-magicread-for-flarum)

Adds a lightweight pagination inside discussions and a live character counter for the composer. **Supports Flarum 1.x and 2.x**

[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b8cadaa967891081f8f165695470689986c028821dd8a040132f6e661795dc0d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c7565)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b8cadaa967891081f8f165695470689986c028821dd8a040132f6e661795dc0d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d626c7565) [![Packagist Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b7d6d7ff0289237dd7cb25d1c64a01199a22324c1e56a14ab2543af28db5cc4e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f666f72756d616b65722f6d6167696372656164)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b7d6d7ff0289237dd7cb25d1c64a01199a22324c1e56a14ab2543af28db5cc4e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f666f72756d616b65722f6d6167696372656164) [![Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4fdb4ba0161a081ccb64bbcc92d3f412587498d559fab943e194ea5e725e13f0/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f666f72756d616b65722f6d6167696372656164)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4fdb4ba0161a081ccb64bbcc92d3f412587498d559fab943e194ea5e725e13f0/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f666f72756d616b65722f6d6167696372656164)

🚀 Features
----------

[](#-features)

- 📄 Full page-based discussion pagination — replaces infinite scroll
- 📖 Inline pagination right on the discussion timeline
- 📝 «Read more» button for long posts in the user profile
- ⚙️ Admin toggles to enable/disable each feature
- 🔢 Live character counter

📸 Screenshots
-------------

[](#-screenshots)

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--------------

[](#-installation)

Run in your Flarum root directory:

```
composer require forumaker/magicread:"*"

```

❗Important
----------

[](#important)

The extension previously released under the name `capybash` is no longer supported.

🔗 Links
-------

[](#-links)

- [**GitHub Repository**](https://github.com/forumaker/magicread)
- [**Packagist**](https://packagist.org/packages/forumaker/magicread)
- [**Discuss**](https://discuss.flarum.org/d/38287-magicread-pagination-live-counter)

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance92

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~12 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

13

Last Release

37d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.1.02026-02-24

1.1.0 → 2.2.02026-04-17

1.3.0 → 2.3.02026-05-24

1.x-dev → 2.4.02026-05-28

PHP version history (2 changes)2.0.0PHP &gt;=8.2

1.0.0PHP &gt;=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1dbcfb7aefeaa0ef2a4420fc25908cfe93df7ea82def1a43900573aebfc458f?d=identicon)[forumaker](/maintainers/forumaker)

---

Top Contributors

[![forumaker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/252437943?v=4)](https://github.com/forumaker "forumaker (7 commits)")

---

Tags

composerpaginationcounterflarummagicflarum-extension

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/forumaker-magicread/health.svg)

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