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geraldloss/glcrossword
======================

Supplies a crossword extension, to create your own crossword on a homepage. This extension is very flexible. You can define crosswords of every size, answer fields with more then one letter and you can define answers in every posible direction. All you need is to create your own questions and answers and assign it with your crossword. In the frontend you can edit the crossword with javascript very user friendly. The communication with the backend is performed with ajax. See under https://www.schulze-thulin.de/en/games/welsh-crossword for an online example. This extension use jQuery 3.6 and Bootstrap 5.1

v9.0.0(1y ago)0117GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.0 || ^8.1 || ^8.2 || ^8.3

Since Nov 27Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/geraldloss/glcrossword)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/geraldloss/glcrossword)[ Docs](https://schulze-thulin.de/en/games)[ RSS](/packages/geraldloss-glcrossword/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago

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glcrossword
===========

[](#glcrossword)

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> Typo3 extension for a versatile crossword

1 Features
----------

[](#1-features)

- multi language support
- questions in every direction of the crossword (up, down, down to the left etc.)
- hints for some single answer fields
- interactive solution for the entire crosword
- comprehensive error log for the builder of the crossword
- mobile device support
- support for dark color scheme

2 Documentation
---------------

[](#2-documentation)

[Comprehensive documentation](https://docs.typo3.org/p/loss/glcrossword/main/en-us/)

3 Installation
--------------

[](#3-installation)

#### Installation using Composer

[](#installation-using-composer)

The recommended way to install the extension is using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

Run the following command within your Composer based TYPO3 project:

```
composer require geraldloss/glcrossword

```

#### Installation as extension from TYPO3 Extension Repository (TER)

[](#installation-as-extension-from-typo3-extension-repository-ter)

Download and install the [extension](https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/glcrossword) with the extension manager module.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance40

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.1% 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 ~195 days

Recently: every ~406 days

Total

11

Last Release

505d ago

Major Versions

5.0.0 → 7.0.02019-11-28

5.1.1 → 6.0.02021-12-11

6.0.0 → 7.0.12022-02-14

7.0.1 → 8.0.02025-03-12

8.0.0 → v9.0.02025-03-29

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f13870d05959e3178f7585fdcb080ca83853302a2499e802f6a7e7f4d0d16424?d=identicon)[geraldloss](/maintainers/geraldloss)

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Top Contributors

[![geraldloss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/58181188?v=4)](https://github.com/geraldloss "geraldloss (27 commits)")[![sypets](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13206455?v=4)](https://github.com/sypets "sypets (2 commits)")

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Tags

extensiongametypo3crossword

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