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mattstauffer/happybrad
======================

Add a Happy Brad to your Craft CMS Dashboard.

v2.0(3y ago)109312[1 issues](https://github.com/mattstauffer/happybrad/issues)MITPHP

Since Nov 29Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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HappyBrad for [Craft CMS](https://craftcms.com/)
================================================

[](#happybrad-for-craft-cms)

Add a Happy Brad Dashboard Widget.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0-beta.1 or later. (For Craft 2 use the [`v1` branch](https://github.com/mattstauffer/happybrad/tree/v1))

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

[](#installation)

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    ```
     cd /path/to/project

    ```
2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    ```
     composer require mattstauffer/happybrad

    ```
3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for Happy Brad.
4. Go to your Dashboard, click “+ New Widget”, and choose “Happy Brad”.
5. Enjoy your life.

[![Screenshot](happybrad-in-action.png)](happybrad-in-action.png)

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.8% 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 ~592 days

Total

4

Last Release

1357d ago

Major Versions

v1.2 → v2.02022-10-12

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/151829?v=4)[Matt Stauffer](/maintainers/mattstauffer)[@mattstauffer](https://github.com/mattstauffer)

---

Top Contributors

[![mattstauffer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/151829?v=4)](https://github.com/mattstauffer "mattstauffer (11 commits)")[![brandonkelly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47792?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonkelly "brandonkelly (5 commits)")

---

Tags

widgetdashboardcraftcmshappybrad

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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