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kevingroeger/codeeditorfield
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Code editor field for SilverStripe 4 - 6

1.4(9mo ago)19.4k↓47.7%2BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.1

Since May 23Pushed 9mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Code Editor Field for SilverStripe
==================================

[](#code-editor-field-for-silverstripe)

Creates an Ace Code Editor ()

Feel free to contribute, ask questions or report issues!

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

[](#requirements)

- Silverstripe 4 - 6
- PHP 8+

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

[](#installation)

`composer require kevingroeger/codeeditorfield`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$codeEditor = CodeEditorField::create('Title', 'Enter Source Code Here');

// set mode to html (default is json)
$codeEditor->setMode('ace/mode/html');

// set mode to github (default is monokai)
$codeEditor->setTheme('ace/theme/github');

$fields->addFieldsToTab('Root.Main', [
    $codeEditor
]);
```

Themes & Modes
------------------

[](#themes--modes)

For available modes and themes, see [resources/thirdparty/ace](resources/thirdparty/ace)

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

- [Create an Issue](https://github.com/kevingroeger/codeeditorfield/issues)
- [Or Fork and create a PR](https://github.com/kevingroeger/codeeditorfield/fork)

### Credits

[](#credits)

- Thanks to @nathancox for creating this repository
- Thanks to @jinjie for creating this repository

Both have stopped development, but this package is highly inspired by the great work of these two!

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55.6% 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 ~171 days

Recently: every ~214 days

Total

6

Last Release

280d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP ^8.0

1.2PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/98e773e8ad2778e40c9595c2d51731404b1565b99f3bec10fdd0d90a685dd571?d=identicon)[kevingroeger](/maintainers/kevingroeger)

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Top Contributors

[![prij](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1773755?v=4)](https://github.com/prij "prij (5 commits)")[![kevingroeger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54183086?v=4)](https://github.com/kevingroeger "kevingroeger (4 commits)")

---

Tags

codesilverstripeeditorformfield

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