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joomlatools/joomla-catcher
==========================

A bundle of plugins and a library for catching and debug Joomla! events

v1.0.4(10y ago)1193GPLv3PHP

Since Sep 19Pushed 8y ago12 watchersCompare

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Joomlatools Catcher
===================

[](#joomlatools-catcher)

Catcher is a bundle of plugins and a library for catching and debug Joomla! events.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

Go to the root directory of your Joomla installation in command line and execute this command:

```
composer require joomlatools/joomla-catcher:*

```

### Phing

[](#phing)

For convenience, a [phing](http://www.phing.info/) script for building the package is also available under the `/scripts/build` folder of the repo.

After building it, the package may be installed using the Joomla! extension manager.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

After the package is installed, make sure to enable the plugins and configure them to catch and report events.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Joomlatools Catcher is an open source, community-driven project. Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) to help you get started.

Contributors
------------

[](#contributors)

See the list of [contributors](https://github.com/joomlatools/joomla-catcher/contributors).

License
-------

[](#license)

Joomlatools Catcher is free and open-source software licensed under the [GPLv3 license](LICENSE.txt).

Community
---------

[](#community)

Keep track of development and community news.

- Follow [@joomlatoolsdev on Twitter](https://twitter.com/joomlatoolsdev)
- Join [joomlatools/dev on Gitter](http://gitter.im/joomlatools/dev)
- Read the [Joomlatools Developer Blog](https://www.joomlatools.com/developer/blog/)
- Subscribe to the [Joomlatools Developer Newsletter](https://www.joomlatools.com/developer/newsletter/)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.1% 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 ~99 days

Total

5

Last Release

3862d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8c3bae4a225e432a121658426e6e8e37e7e130ef939373079d13b579007b37a1?d=identicon)[joomlatools](/maintainers/joomlatools)

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Top Contributors

[![amazeika](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/389636?v=4)](https://github.com/amazeika "amazeika (57 commits)")[![ercanozkaya](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/90382?v=4)](https://github.com/ercanozkaya "ercanozkaya (5 commits)")[![johanjanssens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/266640?v=4)](https://github.com/johanjanssens "johanjanssens (4 commits)")[![jissereitsma](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7670482?v=4)](https://github.com/jissereitsma "jissereitsma (1 commits)")

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Tags

joomlaplugineventsextensionpluginsjoomlanooku

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