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xintesa/chameleon
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User switching for admins

1.0.0(10y ago)0122[1 issues](https://github.com/xintesa/chameleon/issues)MITPHP

Since Jun 25Pushed 10y ago6 watchersCompare

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Chameleon Plugin
================

[](#chameleon-plugin)

This plugin enables administrators to login as a different user

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

[](#installation)

- in `APP`, `composer require xintesa/chameleon ~1.0` or download and extract as `APP/Plugin/Chameleon`.
- Activate plugin using `Console/cake ext activate plugin Chameleon` or from the Extensions page
- A new action button will be added in the user listing page

To restore previous login, use the URL [http://your-site/admin/chameleon/chameleon/restore\_login](http://your-site/admin/chameleon/chameleon/restore_login)

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3981d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9eb1110a1639e3f4cecf12c5ccbfd5aedf7c08d0feb336c1ba47fed959a70aea?d=identicon)[xintesa](/maintainers/xintesa)

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Top Contributors

[![rchavik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39490?v=4)](https://github.com/rchavik "rchavik (7 commits)")

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