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s9e/phpbb-ext-highlighter
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Adds syntax highlighting to code blocks using highlight.js

3.0.3(4y ago)152409MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0

Since Jun 25Pushed 4y ago4 watchersCompare

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s9e/highlighter is a phpBB 3.3 extension that adds syntax highlighting to code blocks using [highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/).

### How to install

[](#how-to-install)

Run `../composer.phar require s9e/phpbb-ext-highlighter` in the forum directory.

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.9% 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 ~216 days

Recently: every ~348 days

Total

11

Last Release

1814d ago

Major Versions

1.2.4 → 3.0.02021-02-28

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP >=5.3.3

3.0.0PHP >=7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/06ce60f935a636cbb13d7ca4733fa28c9a2c9d500834c6481f86e05fd4a55e86?d=identicon)[s9e](/maintainers/s9e)

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Top Contributors

[![JoshyPHP](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/317712?v=4)](https://github.com/JoshyPHP "JoshyPHP (47 commits)")[![iMattPro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/303711?v=4)](https://github.com/iMattPro "iMattPro (1 commits)")

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Tags

codephpbbsyntaxhighlight.jshighlighterhighlighting

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