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mediawiki/auth-remote-user
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A Mediawiki extension to allow for authentication via webserver's REMOTE\_AUTH (i.e. with kerberos) functionality.

1.0.0(1y ago)124[1 PRs](https://github.com/oetterer/AuthRemoteUser/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-later

Since Jul 1Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/oetterer/AuthRemoteUser)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/auth-remote-user)[ Docs](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AuthRemoteUser)[ RSS](/packages/mediawiki-auth-remote-user/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

686d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/114d6462eab1e6b289bf50aac43c554fc8bcc5507c0023cbea7f20e397617ae6?d=identicon)[oetterer](/maintainers/oetterer)

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Top Contributors

[![oetterer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9444462?v=4)](https://github.com/oetterer "oetterer (2 commits)")

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Tags

Authenticationmediawikiextensionkerberosremotewiki

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