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Top PHP Repositories with Beginner Issues (20)

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Shadowss
TravianZ
Shadowss/TravianZ
SElite
315·PHP

Travian T3.6 with user-configurable features (enable/disable).

#game#game-development#mmorpg
96%
Merge Rate
13h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
laminas
laminas-cache
laminas/laminas-cache
BSolid
107·PHP

Caching implementation with a variety of storage options, as well as codified caching strategies for callbacks, classes, and output

#cache#psr-16#psr-6
96%
Merge Rate
<1h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
LibreSign
libresign
LibreSign/libresign
SElite
798·PHP

Control how your documents get signed

#jsignpdf#nextcloud#nextcloud-app
86%
Merge Rate
19h
Review Time
75%
1st-Timers
5 GFI
Scorecard
ahmed-bhs
doctrine-doctor
ahmed-bhs/doctrine-doctor
SElite
127·PHP

🩺⚡ Runtime Doctrine ORM analysis integrated into Symfony Web Profiler. Detect N+1 queries, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues during query execution.

#database-optimization#debugging-tools#developer-tools
96%
Merge Rate
<1h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
GatherPress
gatherpress
GatherPress/gatherpress
SElite
134·PHP

Powering our community's event management needs.

#gatherpress#wordpress
88%
Merge Rate
12h
Review Time
44%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
elabftw
elabftw
elabftw/elabftw
SElite
1.4k·PHP

:notebook: eLabFTW is the most popular open source electronic lab notebook for research labs.

#docker#laboratory#lims
92%
Merge Rate
1d
Review Time
55%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
AnimeThemes
animethemes-server
AnimeThemes/animethemes-server
BSolid
117·PHP

AnimeThemes.moe resource management & API

#anime#anime-database#anime-opening
100%
Merge Rate
-
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
symfony
symfony
symfony/symfony
AWelcoming
31.1k·PHP

The Symfony PHP framework

#bundle#framework#hacktoberfest
73%
Merge Rate
1d
Review Time
71%
1st-Timers
33 GFI
Scorecard
pluginkollektiv
antispam-bee
pluginkollektiv/antispam-bee
AWelcoming
178·PHP

„... another popular solution to fight spam is Antispam Bee“ – Matt Mullenweg, Q&A WordCamp Europe 2014

#antispam#comment-spam#hacktoberfest
82%
Merge Rate
2d
Review Time
67%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
nextcloud
news
nextcloud/news
AWelcoming
995·PHP

📰 RSS/Atom feed reader

#atom-feed#feed#feed-reader
88%
Merge Rate
4d
Review Time
83%
1st-Timers
3 GFI
Scorecard
glpi-project
glpi
glpi-project/glpi
AWelcoming
6.3k·PHP

GLPI is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package, Data center management, ITIL Service Desk, licenses tracking and software auditing.

#asset-manager#assets-management#cmdb
82%
Merge Rate
4d
Review Time
67%
1st-Timers
5 GFI
Scorecard
Giant-Bomb-Dot-Com
giant-bomb-wiki
Giant-Bomb-Dot-Com/giant-bomb-wiki
AWelcoming
90·PHP

No repository description available.

88%
Merge Rate
2d
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
10 GFI
Scorecard
php-debugger
php-debugger
php-debugger/php-debugger
AWelcoming
441·PHP

Lightweight PHP debugger extension (forked from Xdebug, stripped to debug-only and optimized)

86%
Merge Rate
17h
Review Time
67%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard
nextcloud
server
nextcloud/server
AWelcoming
36.6k·PHP

☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

#cloud#collaboration#decentralized
67%
Merge Rate
21h
Review Time
61%
1st-Timers
5 GFI
Scorecard
tempestphp
highlight
tempestphp/highlight
BSolid
697·PHP

Fast, extensible, server-side code highlighting for web and terminal

#code#highlight#php
100%
Merge Rate
2d
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
Berserk-hub150
moodle-ai-skill-navigator
Berserk-hub150/moodle-ai-skill-navigator
BSolid
163·PHP

AI-powered Moodle plugin for tutoring, quizzes, mind maps, RAG course materials and more.

#artificial-intelligence#digital-twin#e-learning
94%
Merge Rate
3h
Review Time
0%
1st-Timers
86 GFI
Scorecard
fossasia
WPFAevent
fossasia/WPFAevent
AWelcoming
799·PHP

Wordpress Plugin for FOSSASIA events website

63%
Merge Rate
8h
Review Time
100%
1st-Timers
3 GFI
Scorecard
FreshRSS
FreshRSS
FreshRSS/FreshRSS
AWelcoming
15.9k·PHP

A free, self-hostable news aggregator…

#feed#freshrss#news-aggregator
67%
Merge Rate
19h
Review Time
79%
1st-Timers
15 GFI
Scorecard
contao
contao
contao/contao
AWelcoming
438·PHP

Contao Open Source CMS

#cms#contao#monorepo
83%
Merge Rate
6d
Review Time
92%
1st-Timers
1 GFI
Scorecard
wp-graphql
wp-graphql
wp-graphql/wp-graphql
AWelcoming
3.8k·PHP

:rocket: GraphQL API for WordPress

#api#graphql#graphql-api
88%
Merge Rate
4d
Review Time
71%
1st-Timers
2 GFI
Scorecard

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