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gared/ether-scan
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A simple scanner for Etherpad instances

v3.5.0(3mo ago)12.0k↑26.7%[2 issues](https://github.com/Gared/ether-scan/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/Gared/ether-scan/pulls)Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=8.3CI passing

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Etherscan (an etherpad scanner)
===============================

[](#etherscan-an-etherpad-scanner)

Use this tool to scan your [etherpad](https://etherpad.org) instance to get some insights and test if there is any misconfiguration.

What is this tool doing?

- Check the "Server" header to see if the revision of etherpad is returned
- Check the API version (pad.example.com/api)
- Check the etherpad version
- Check if the pads are publicly accessible
- Check if websocket is working
- Check if the server is healthy (pad.example.com/health)
- Check if the admin area is accessible with default credentials (pad.example.com/admin)
- Check if any (frontend) plugins are installed
- Check if the server is running since a long time (pad.example.com/stats)

Try it out
----------

[](#try-it-out)

You can try this tool out on  which is using this library.

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

[](#requirements)

You need PHP 8.3 or higher to run this tool.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Docker

[](#docker)

Directly download and run this docker image to scan your instance

```
docker run --rm gared/ether-scan:main bin/console.php ether:scan http://localhost:9001
```

### Clone

[](#clone)

Clone this repository and install dependencies

```
composer install
```

Next run this command to scan your instance

```
bin/console.php ether:scan http://localhost:9001
```

[![Scan Output](docs/scan-output.svg)](docs/scan-output.svg)

### Composer

[](#composer)

You can also install this tool with composer

```
composer require gared/ether-scan
```

###  Health Score

46

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance69

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.6% 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 ~91 days

Recently: every ~172 days

Total

10

Last Release

98d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → v2.0.02024-01-21

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02024-04-06

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=8.1

v3.4.0PHP >=8.2

v3.5.0PHP >=8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fe880ade7a73b9be4c0eef970996af088c993f0b4e2af8f86cbb91b93b51461d?d=identicon)[gared](/maintainers/gared)

---

Top Contributors

[![Gared](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/913630?v=4)](https://github.com/Gared "Gared (153 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (70 commits)")

---

Tags

etherpadetherpad-litescannersecurity

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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![Health badge](/badges/gared-ether-scan/health.svg)

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