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heimrichhannot/contao-entity\_generator
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A module for automatically generating contao entities in a comfortable and extensible way.

4.2.0(4y ago)0853LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP ^5.4 || ^7.0 || ^8.0

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Entity Generator
================

[](#entity-generator)

A module for automatically generating contao entities in a comfortable and extensible way. All functionality is controlable using the backend entity "Entity Generator".

The following files/folders can be created:

- assets/\* (including .htaccess for direct access)
- config/config.php
- dca/tl\_\*.php
- dca/tl\_user.php
- dca/tl\_user\_group.php
- languages/de/modules.php
- languages/de/tl\_\*.php
- languages/de/tl\_user.php
- languages/de/tl\_user\_group.php
- models/\*Model.php

[![alt myModulePreview](docs/screenshot.png)](docs/screenshot.png)

*Module config preview*

Features
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[](#features)

### Modules

[](#modules)

NameDescriptionModuleEntityGeneratorA backend module for generating new entities from scratchKnown Issues
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[](#known-issues)

- not all of the possibilities of the Contao DCA API are configurable, yet

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~60 days

Recently: every ~278 days

Total

36

Last Release

1741d ago

Major Versions

1.0.4 → 2.0.02016-04-14

2.0.17 → 3.0.12017-08-28

3.0.5 → 4.0.02018-03-28

PHP version history (2 changes)2.0.14PHP ~5.4 || ~7.0

4.2.0PHP ^5.4 || ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/28ad3224d8727b622ebd229840eea6b9dbcb83eb0bd609e6ce65b614830ff538?d=identicon)[digitales@heimrich-hannot.de](/maintainers/digitales@heimrich-hannot.de)

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Top Contributors

[![koertho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12064642?v=4)](https://github.com/koertho "koertho (1 commits)")

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Tags

generatormodelentitymodulecontaodeveloperdca

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