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terminal42/contao-root-protection
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A Contao bundle that allows you to protect individual root pages via HTTP Basic Authentication

1.1.0(2y ago)89.8k↓27.8%1MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Jul 20Pushed 1y ago4 watchersCompare

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terminal42/contao-root-protection
=================================

[](#terminal42contao-root-protection)

A Contao bundle that allows you to protect individual root pages via HTTP Basic Authentication.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Require visitors to enter a username-password combination prior accessing the website (configuration per root page)

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

[](#installation)

Choose the installation method that matches your workflow!

### Installation via Contao Manager

[](#installation-via-contao-manager)

Search for `terminal42/contao-root-protection` in the Contao Manager and add it to your installation. Finally, update the packages.

### Manual installation

[](#manual-installation)

Add a composer dependency for this bundle. Therefore, change in the project root and run the following:

```
composer require terminal42/contao-root-protection
```

Depending on your environment, the command can differ, i.e. starting with `php composer.phar …` if you do not have composer installed globally.

Then, update the database via the Contao install tool.

License
-------

[](#license)

This bundle is released under the [MIT license](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 73.3% 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 ~323 days

Total

5

Last Release

836d ago

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.1

1.0.1PHP ^7.4

1.0.2PHP >=7.4

1.0.3PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

1.1.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1073273?v=4)[Andreas Schempp](/maintainers/aschempp)[@aschempp](https://github.com/aschempp)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/481937?v=4)[Yanick Witschi](/maintainers/Toflar)[@Toflar](https://github.com/Toflar)

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Top Contributors

[![richardhj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1284725?v=4)](https://github.com/richardhj "richardhj (11 commits)")[![aschempp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1073273?v=4)](https://github.com/aschempp "aschempp (4 commits)")

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Tags

contaoprotectionhtaccessroot

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