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friendsoftypo3headless/headless-backendlayouts
==============================================

This extension adds a serialized JSON of the TYPO3 backend layout to the TYPO3 headless appearance key

1.0.2(4y ago)01.0k1[3 issues](https://github.com/FriendsOfTYPO3Headless/headless_backendlayouts/issues)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

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TYPO3 Extension "headless\_backendlayouts"
==========================================

[](#typo3-extension-headless_backendlayouts)

Adds a serialized JSON of the TYPO3 backend layout to the "[EXT:headless](https://github.com/TYPO3-Initiatives/headless)" extension appearance key

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

Extension requires TYPO3 in version at least 11.5 and "[EXT:headless](https://github.com/TYPO3-Initiatives/headless)" ^3.0

TYPO3 Installation
------------------

[](#typo3-installation)

Install extension using composer
`composer require friendsoftypo3headless/headless-backendlayouts`

and then, include TypoScript template, and you are ready to go.

Example output:
---------------

[](#example-output)

```
{
  ...
  appearance: {
    ...
    pageContentRows": [
    {
      "type": "row",
      "tag": "header",
      "children": [
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Header Content",
          "contentColPos": "colPos3",
          "colPos": "3",
          "colspan": 12,
          "tag": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "row",
      "tag": null,
      "children": [
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Example Content Column",
          "contentColPos": "colPos8",
          "colPos": "8",
          "colspan": 12,
          "tag": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "row",
      "tag": null,
      "children": [
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Example Content Column",
          "contentColPos": "",
          "colPos": "0",
          "colspan": 12,
          "tag": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "row",
      "tag": "aside",
      "children": [
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Example Content Column",
          "contentColPos": "colPos9",
          "colPos": "9",
          "colspan": 12,
          "tag": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "row",
      "tag": "footer",
      "children": [
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Footer Content Left",
          "contentColPos": "colPos10",
          "colPos": "10",
          "colspan": 4,
          "tag": null
        },
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Footer Content Middle",
          "contentColPos": "colPos11",
          "colPos": "11",
          "colspan": 4,
          "tag": null
        },
        {
          "type": "col",
          "name": "Footer Content Right",
          "contentColPos": "colPos12",
          "colPos": "12",
          "colspan": 4,
          "tag": "div"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
  ...
}

```

### Developers involved in the project

[](#developers-involved-in-the-project)

- [Sven Petersen](https://github.com/svenpet90) ([DAUSKONZEPT GmbH](https:///www.dauskonzept.de) && [HardAnders GbR](https://www.hardanders.de))
- [Niels Seelhöfer](https://github.com/derseeli) ([TRIXIE Heimtierbedarf GmbH & Co. KG](https://www.trixie.de) && [Datenanker](https://www.datenanker.com))

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70% 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 ~23 days

Total

3

Last Release

1506d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1290370?v=4)[seeli](/maintainers/seeli)[@seeli](https://github.com/seeli)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97380444?v=4)[Sven Petersen](/maintainers/svenpet90)[@svenpet90](https://github.com/svenpet90)

---

Top Contributors

[![svenpet90](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/97380444?v=4)](https://github.com/svenpet90 "svenpet90 (7 commits)")[![derseeli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7099278?v=4)](https://github.com/derseeli "derseeli (2 commits)")[![quidage](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1376696?v=4)](https://github.com/quidage "quidage (1 commits)")

---

Tags

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