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nodeloc/flarum-ext-essential
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Set essential discussions

0.3(1y ago)0361MITPHP

Since May 19Pushed 1y agoCompare

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Flarumite Simple Discussion Views
=================================

[](#flarumite-simple-discussion-views)

This is a maintained fork of [michaelbelgium/flarum-discussion-views](https://github.com/MichaelBelgium/flarum-discussion-views), largely based on the now removed `v0.1.0-beta.8.3` tagged release.

### Why?

[](#why)

One of the Flarum forums I manage, needed a lightweight discussion view tracker, with minimal settings and options. Turn it on and forget about it, so to speak.

### Features

[](#features)

- Tracks how many times a discussion has been viewed and displays it per discussion on the discussionlist. *Note: does not track unique views, rather every view, both as guest and registered member*
- Adds 2 sorting options: popular and unpopular
- Adds 1 event which developers can listen for: `DiscussionWasViewed` - includes accessor IP and UserAgent strings
- Adds 1 new permission where people can (re)set the viewcount of a discussion (default to admins)
- Uses `view_count` column created on the `discussions` table, so should not impact load performance
- Identify known crawlers with an option to not increase the view count for their visit. Uses [jaybizzle/crawler-detect](https://github.com/JayBizzle/Crawler-Detect) for identification

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require flarumite/simple-discussion-views:"*"
```

### Links

[](#links)

- [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/flarumite/simple-discussion-views)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/flarumite/simple-discussion-views)
- [Discuss](https://discuss.flarum.org/d/24002)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58% 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 ~129 days

Total

3

Last Release

562d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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