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mediawiki/auth-remoteuser
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Automatically logs-in users if they are already authenticated by a remote source. (e.g. environment variable REMOTE\_USER)

2.1.1(6y ago)723.0k↓59.5%GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP &gt;=5.4.0

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[ Source](https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Auth_remoteuser)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/auth-remoteuser)[ Docs](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Auth_remoteuser)[ RSS](/packages/mediawiki-auth-remoteuser/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced today

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###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

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 ~207 days

Total

4

Last Release

2322d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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