Developer Area/Plugins/Third party

A list of the third party plugins within Mahara.

A helpful way to update this list is to go:

 find ./htdocs -type f -iname "README.Mahara" -exec grep 'Version' -B1 {} \; -print

on the current codebase.

Note: another thing to keep in sync is the country names we use for 'Country' dropdowns. To check what the current state of play is

 perl -MLocale::Country -le 'print join("\n", sort map { country2code($_) . " => " . country2code($_, LOCALE_CODE_ALPHA_3) . ", // " . $_ } all_country_names())'

and check the results against htdocs/lib/country.php and htdocs/lang/en.utf8/mahara.php files For any confusion you can also check against https://www.iso.org

Indicating what version they are on in Mahara and what they currently are on at time of publishing 18 Feb 2021.

Current versions marked in Red indicate the plugin needs updating/upgrading.

Name	Readme file	URL	License	Current version	Latest version	Min support	Maj|Min	Security Req. of latest version	Notes	Estimated upgrade time	Notifications
ADODB	./htdocs/lib/adodb/README.mahara	- https://adodb.org/dokuwiki/doku.php - https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb - https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/blob/v5.21.0/docs/changelog.md	- BSD 3-Clause - GNU Lesser General Public Licence	5.20.20	5.21.1	5.20.20	Security - 5.21.0 incl.5.21.0-beta.1 - 2020-12-20 - adodb: prevent SQL injection in SelectLimit() - session: add 'httponly' flag to cookie Minor - Deprecation - mysqli: Deprecate $optionFlags property in favor of standard setConnectionParameter() method	Yes	- Compatible with all PHP versions	ADOB release all news on current releases + important bug fixes on https://twitter.com/ADOdb_announce first.
Bootstrap	htdocs/lib/bootstrap/assets/javascripts/README.Mahara	- https://getbootstrap.com/ - https://github.com/twbs/release	MIT License	4.6.0	5.1.0	4.x (LTS) - 01 Nov 2022	Major		There have been minor point releases since we upgraded and v5 rolling out soon Dependencies: Updated to jQuery v3.5.1, Jekyll v4, and dropped Node.js < 10 for developmen	Investigation needed (Liam?)	Bootstrap has an RSS feed: https://blog.getbootstrap.com/feed.xml and a twitter account: https://twitter.com/getbootstrap
Bootstrap Datetimepicker	./htdocs/js/bootstrap-datetimepicker/README.mahara	- https://getdatepicker.com/ - https://github.com/tempusdominus/bootstrap-4	MIT License	4.17.47	5.39.0	Developer has stopped working on the project.	None		runs using bootstrap and moment.js Version 4 is not maintained anymore. There is a version 5 but not finished.	n/a	n/a
Chart.js	./htdocs/js/chartjs/README.mahara	http://www.chartjs.org	MIT License	2.9.3	3.5.1	2.x - 2.9.4 3.x - 3.0.0 rel Apr 21	Minor - 2.9.4: bug fixes Major - 3.0.0 3.0.0 - breaking changes - Migration guide - https://www.chartjs.org/docs/next/getting-started/v3-migration - https://www.npmjs.com/package/chart.js - https://www.chartjs.org/docs/next/typedoc/ - https://www.chartjs.org/samples/next/ - https://www.chartjs.org/docs/next/ - performance enhancements - new features e.g. animations, legend, axes, grid, tool-tip - dist file rename from Chart.js to chart.js - npm users must register the charts, scales, elements, and plugins they wish to use. - time scale split into time and timeseries scales - indexable options now loop - horizontal bar tooltip is now 'nearest' to match vertical bar charts - line chart tension defaults to 0 - horizontal bar chart type was removed in favour of new indexAxis concept - scale ticks are now generated from smallest to largest. - tooltop model changed to include data point. - value renamed to formattedValue - typescript is used - method provided to lookup a chart from a canvas - LineElement: no fill by default - Rename uppercase types to camel case- Move title, tooltip and legend to options.plugins- Drop legacy browser support- Rename scaleLabel to title in scale options- Use maxOverflow as minimum layout padding- Remove line interaction overrides + hover.onHover Minor - 3.0.1 bug fixes	-		n/a	n/a
Clipboard js	./htdocs/js/clipboard/README.Mahara	https://clipboardjs.com/	MIT License	2.0.6	2.0.6				Current as of 2021-02-18	looks like a bug fix, looks like one of the smaller upgrades	n/a
Cookie consent	./htdocs/js/cookieconsent/README.mahara	https://www.osano.com/cookieconsent	MIT License	3.1.1	3.1.1				Current as of 2021-02-18 Previous .. NB: Has changed ownership, but there is still an OS version, which we are using	n/a	n/a
CSS Tidy	./htdocs/lib/csstidy/README.Mahara	https://github.com/Cerdic/CSSTidy	LGPL	1.7.1	1.7.3			-		n/a	n/a
Dragon-drop	./htdocs/js/dragondrop/README.mahara	https://github.com/schne324/dragon-drop	MIT License	3.2.1	3.2.1				Current as of 2021-02-18 last updated August 2019	n/a	n/a
Dropzone	./htdocs/js/dropzone/README.mahara	https://github.com/enyo/dropzone	MIT License	5.7.0	5.7.6				Released 2021-02-09 last updated July 2020	-	n/a
Dwoo	./htdocs/lib/dwoo/README.Mahara	http://dwoo.org/, https://github.com/dwoo-project/dwoo	GNU Lesser General Public License	1.3.7	1.3.7			PHP 5.3+	Current as of 2021-02-18. Last updated July 2018PHP 5.3+	n/a NB: This library is no longer maintained	n/a We will soon look at replacing this library
Elastic Search	./htdocs/lib/elasticsearch/README.Mahara	https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php	Apache v2.0 LGPL v2.1	6.1.0	7.11.0			- look in the bug report	https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Patch in review to upgrade to 7.5, (Bug 1840101: update elasticsearch-php to 7.5) - currently works with ES server 6.8, but not 7. Note that our code needs to be upgraded so we can connect to ES server 7.6, which is a separate issue.	Investigation in process to upgrade our code. --- Elastic Search PHP 7.8.0 is compatible with Elastic Search 7.8.0	signed up to mailing list
fancybox3	./htdocs/js/fancybox/README.Mahara	https://fancyapps.com/fancybox/3/	GPL 3.0	3.5.6	3.5.7				no significant changes	n/a	Make their announcements via twitter https://twitter.com/thefancyapps
gridstack	./htdocs/js/gridstack/README.Mahara	https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js	MIT License	0.4.0	3.3.0				A lot of activity in the past few months - looks to be significant structural changes, including removing jquery.	Investigation needed, but looks like a large change (Cecilia?) Change log: https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js/blob/develop/doc/CHANGES.md	questions can be posted in their slack channel slack channel
HTML Purifier	./htdocs/lib/htmlpurifier/README.Mahara	http://www.htmlpurifier.org/	LGPL v2.1+	4.13.0	4.13.0			PHP >5.3	New version supports PHP 7.4		updates via the 'NEWS' section on github README https://github.com/ezyang/htmlpurifier/blob/v4.13.0/NEWS
Javascript templates	./htdocs/js/javascript-templates/README.Mahara	https://github.com/blueimp/JavaScript-Templates	MIT License	3.11.0	3.19.0			node.js	They made some formatting changes, but no real changes. We don't need to upgrade	n/a	n/a
jQuery	./htdocs/js/jquery/README.Mahara	http://jquery.com/	MIT License	3.5.1	3.5.1						Twitter: https://twitter.com/jquery QA: https://forum.jquery.com/ IRC https://irc.jquery.org/Looks like Bug #1840101 has started looking into this.
jQuery mobile	./htdocs/js/jquery/jquery-mobile/README.Mahara	http://jquerymobile.com	MIT License	1.5.0-alpha.1	1.5.0-rc1				released Sept 2018, last updated Jun 14, 2019 touch.js last updated June 2016 (https://github.com/jquery/jquery-mobile/blob/master/js/events/touch.js)	No significant changes	QA: https://forum.jquery.com/jquery-mobile/
jQuery UI	./htdocs/js/jquery/jquery-ui/README.Mahara	http://jqueryui.com/	MIT License	1.12.1	1.12.1			jQuery 1.7+	last updated July 2020	n/a	jQuery Accessibility jquery a11y forum
jQuery UI plugin touch-punch	./htdocs/js/jquery/jquery-ui/jquery-ui-touch-punch.min.js	http://touchpunch.furf.com/ https://github.com/furf/jquery-ui-touch-punch	MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses	0.2.3	0.2.3			jquery, jquery-ui	is not currently being maintained - update: the site no longer exists	n/a	n/a
JS Color	./htdocs/js/jscolor/README.Mahara	http://jscolor.com/	GPL 3	2.3.3	2.4.5				bug fixes, extended features, performance tweaks	we have no customisations, hopefull straight forward upgrade	n/a
Json editor	./htdocs/js/jsoneditor/README.Mahara	https://github.com/json-editor/json-editor	MIT License	1.3.0	2.5.1				There are a number of changes, not sure how it will affect us	Investigation needed	n/a
jTLine	.htdocs/js/jTLine/README.Mahara	https://naadydev.github.io/jTLine/	MIT License	1.0	1.0				Last updated Aug 2018. Our version is forked from the original	n/a	Twitter: https://twitter.com/naadydev
Lodash	./htdocs/js/lodash/README.Mahara	https://github.com/lodash/lodash	MIT License	4.17.15	4.17.20				-	n/a?? Lodash was brought in with gridstack- gridstack v0.5.0 no longer have it as a requirement, if we upgrade gridstack we can probably let lodash go?	n/a - after we upgrade gridstack Lodash will be gone
Marked	./htdocs/js/marked/README.Mahara	https://github.com/markedjs/marked	MIT License	1.1.1	2.0.0				No security updates	What we use is a min.js file, so it's hard to diff. Probably small effort to upgrade, but allow for medium due to unknown	n/a
Masonry	./htdocs/js/masonry/README.Mahara	https://masonry.desandro.com/	MIT License	4.2.2	4.2.2				Current as of 2021-02-18. Last updated Jul 2018	n/a	n/a
Mobile detect	./htdocs/lib/mobile_detect/README.Mahara	http://mobiledetect.net/	MIT License	2.8.34	2.8.36				Supported devices have been updated	Updating effort looks small	n/a
Moment.js	./htdocs/js/momentjs/README.Mahara	http://momentjs.com/	MIT License	2.24.0	2.29.1				used in conjunction with the bootstrap datetimepicker.	2 releases have come out, looks like bug fixes change log: https://gist.github.com/marwahaha probably a small upgrade effort	n/a
Oauth PHP	./htdocs/webservice/libs/oauth-php/README.Mahara	http://code.google.com/p/oauth-php/	MIT License	175	175				This package is not maintained and was last updated in 2010	We should replace with an oauth2 php library https://oauth.net/code/php/ and / or checkout what Moodle do	n/a
PDFjs	./htdocs/artefact/file/blocktype/pdf/js/pdfjs/README.Mahara	http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/getting_started/#download	Apache License 2	2.2.228	2.6.347				change log:https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/releases	Medium to large upgrade, depending on if structure changes. Investigation needed	n/a
PHPMailer	./htdocs/lib/phpmailer/README.Mahara	https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer	LGPL	6.1.5	6.2.0				Security update as well as compatibility for PHP 8 in latest version.	In progress <-- is there a patch for this? The latest version is now 6.1.7 (maintenance release)	n/a
Popper	./htdocs/lib/popper/README.Mahara	https://popper.js.org/	MIT License	1.16.0	2.7.0				Very active project with a lot of releases.	Used by Bootstrap. When Bootstrap updates to use popper V2x we will be able to upgrade popper. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/31178	n/a
ReCaptcha	./htdocs/lib/recaptcha/README.Mahara	https://github.com/google/recaptcha	BSD-3	1.2.1	1.2.4			5.5+	Changes are to documentation, not code, so no need to update	n/a	n/a
Select2	./htdocs/js/select2/README.Mahara	https://select2.org/	MIT License	4.0.9	4.0.13				Bug fixes and improvements, no major changes or security fixes	At least medium effort to upgrade, as there are several changes in Mahara and quite a bit of testing	n/a
simplesamlphp	/htdocs/auth/saml/extlib/simplesamlphp/README.md	https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp	GPL 2.1	1.18.7	1.18.8						We have joined the mailing list https://simplesamlphp.org/lists
Skin fonts	/htdocs/lib/fonts/README.Mahara	- http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Aurulent-Sans - http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/DejaVu-Sans - http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=CharisSIL - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gs-fonts/	Multiple licenses	- n/a - 2.29 - 5.000 - 8.11					no changes	n/a	n/a
System fonts	- ./htdocs/theme/raw/fonts/README.Mahara - ./htdocs/theme/raw/sass/lib/font-awesome/README.Mahara	- http://fontawesome.io - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Slab	- http://fontawesome.io/license - MIT License - Apache License version 2.0	- 5.8.1 - 1 - 1 - 1.9	- 5.14.0 - 1 - 1 - 1.9				changes to unicode for fontawesome - https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/blob/master/UPGRADING.md	medium effort to upgrade due to needing to check for issues.	n/a Current at July 2020
TinyMCE	./htdocs/js/tinymce/README.Mahara	https://www.tiny.cloud/	LGPL	5.0.13	5.7.0				A number of bug fixes and improvements https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/changelog/ Test on mobile when updating	probably only worth updating if we are affected by any of the bugs they are fixing. Need to investigate that and how long it would take.	Blog: https://www.tiny.cloud/blog/category/news-and-updates/
TinyMCE - Mathslate	./htdocs/js/tinymce/plugins/mathslate/README.Mahara	https://github.com/dthies/tinymce4-mathslate	GPL 3	1.1	1.1				no changes Our version is now forked to keep make it work with Tinymce 5	n/a	n/a
Video.js	./htdocs/artefact/file/blocktype/internalmedia/ videojs/README.Mahara	http://videojs.com/	Apache License 2.0	7.6.5	7.11.4				Some bug fixes. Looks mostly minor changes https://github.com/videojs/video.js/releases	Needs investigation. Probably small to medium	we have signed up to their mailing list
zxcvbn	./htdocs/js/zxcvbn/README.Mahara	https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn	MIT License	4.4.2	4.4.2				Current as of 2021-02-18 Last updated Feb 2017	Should we change to a maintained library, eg https://github.com/bjeavons/zxcvCurrent at July 2020bn-php? Yes we should but is that one just a port of the js version or is it an updated / more robust system?
composer.json	https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/ -/blob/master/external/composer.json								There is a list of libraries that Mahara uses sitting in this file which also need updating too