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lav45/yii2-aceeditor
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Yii2 ajax.org Ace Editor widget

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Yii 2 widget AceEditor
======================

[](#yii-2-widget-aceeditor)

This extension allows you to install and use the code editor [Ace](http://ace.c9.io/)

[DEMO](http://ace.c9.io/build/kitchen-sink.html)

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist lav45/yii2-aceeditor "1.2.*"

```

or add

```
"lav45/yii2-aceeditor": "1.2.*"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### How to call?

[](#how-to-call)

```
use lav45\aceEditor\AceEditorWidget;

echo $form->field($model, 'content')->widget(AceEditorWidget::className(), [
    'theme' => 'xcode',
    'mode' => 'html',
    'showPrintMargin' => false,
    'fontSize' => 14,
    'height' => 300,
    'options' => [
        'style' => 'border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px;'
    ]
]);

// Ace editor without model
echo AceEditorWidget::widget([
    'name' => 'description',
    'value' => 'same text',
]);
```

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 80% 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 ~471 days

Total

4

Last Release

2825d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/675367?v=4)[Alex](/maintainers/LAV45)[@lav45](https://github.com/lav45)

---

Top Contributors

[![lav45](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/675367?v=4)](https://github.com/lav45 "lav45 (4 commits)")[![drsdre](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/809827?v=4)](https://github.com/drsdre "drsdre (1 commits)")

---

Tags

yii2code editoraceeditor

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