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whitespace/citrus
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Automatically purge and ban cached elements in Varnish

0.0.61(4y ago)310.4k2[3 PRs](https://github.com/dentsucreativeuk/Citrus/pulls)MITPHP

Since Sep 4Pushed 2y ago6 watchersCompare

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Citrus for Craft 3
==================

[](#citrus-for-craft-3)

A Craft CMS 3 plugin for purging and banning Varnish caches when elements are saved.

This is currently an in-development plugin and is not yet released.

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

[](#installation)

To install citrus, run the following command within your craft root folder (alongside the `composer.json` file):

```
composer require whitespace/citrus

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

For now, see the [following page](https://github.com/njpanderson/Citrus-for-Craft-2) for configuring Citrus

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~172 days

Recently: every ~215 days

Total

6

Last Release

1583d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d15ff1389ad3d325ae9c893155ed3005c2bdc41c026590206489fbde4350e352?d=identicon)[neilwhitespace](/maintainers/neilwhitespace)

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Top Contributors

[![neildcuk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5774929?v=4)](https://github.com/neildcuk "neildcuk (13 commits)")[![craigwhitespace](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15671236?v=4)](https://github.com/craigwhitespace "craigwhitespace (8 commits)")[![thijswhitespace](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17591463?v=4)](https://github.com/thijswhitespace "thijswhitespace (6 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (2 commits)")[![rayboyd2018](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6534274?v=4)](https://github.com/rayboyd2018 "rayboyd2018 (2 commits)")

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Tags

craftcmscraftcms-pluginvarnish-cachecmsCraftcraftcmscraft-plugincitrus

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