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ralkage/flarum-ext-word-counter
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Displays a live word and character count in the post composer.

1.0.0(4mo ago)0377↑208.3%MITJavaScript

Since Mar 27Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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Word Counter — Flarum Extension
===============================

[](#word-counter--flarum-extension)

Displays a live word and character count in the post composer for [Flarum](https://flarum.org) forums.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Live Counting** — Word and character counts update in real time as you type
- **Edit Support** — Shows correct counts immediately when editing existing posts
- **Translatable** — All display strings use Flarum's translator with ICU plural rules

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

[](#requirements)

- Flarum `^1.8`

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [Ralkage](https://ralkage.com)
- [Github](https://github.com/Ralkage/flarum-ext-word-counter)
- [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ralkage/flarum-ext-word-counter)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require ralkage/flarum-ext-word-counter
```

Then enable it in your Flarum admin panel under **Extensions**.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity37

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

136d ago

Major Versions

1.x-dev → 2.x-dev2026-03-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4415106be37759e15d2f1304df343a37e478dad0f832b6f35860631ffc9b6afb?d=identicon)[Ralkage](/maintainers/Ralkage)

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Top Contributors

[![Ralkage](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2059356?v=4)](https://github.com/Ralkage "Ralkage (3 commits)")

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