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trendyminds/buster
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A control panel utility to clear just the template-based caches

1.1.2(6y ago)26.4k2[11 PRs](https://github.com/trendyminds/buster/pulls)MITPHP

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[![Buster](src/icon.svg)](src/icon.svg) Buster
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[](#-buster)

[![Screenshot](resources/promo.png)](resources/promo.png)

What is Buster?
---------------

[](#what-is-buster)

Buster gives you a simple area (or URL for a GET request) to clear just the template-based caches on your Craft site. It's a safe area for you and your clients to flush old content without affecting your assets.

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

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 3.0.0-beta.23 or later.

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

[](#installation)

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

    ```
     cd /path/to/project

    ```
2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

    ```
     composer require trendyminds/buster

    ```
3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for Buster.

Attribution
-----------

[](#attribution)

[Delete](https://thenounproject.com/rose-alice-design/uploads/?i=2025327) by Rose Alice Design from the Noun Project

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.2% 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 ~33 days

Recently: every ~68 days

Total

11

Last Release

2374d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/51ee860b8a11c81c32b2d0bf9f90e23067fcf3cf72476bfab89913bf0e1ea3b3?d=identicon)[trendyminds](/maintainers/trendyminds)

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Top Contributors

[![aaronbushnell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/315202?v=4)](https://github.com/aaronbushnell "aaronbushnell (20 commits)")[![bjrnblm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2300511?v=4)](https://github.com/bjrnblm "bjrnblm (1 commits)")

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Tags

craftcraft3craftcmscraftcms-plugincmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginbuster

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