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 fix	Notes	Estimated upgrade time	Notifications
ADODB	./htdocs/lib/adodb/	- 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/	- https://getbootstrap.com/ - https://github.com/twbs/release	MIT License	4.6.0	5.1.0	4.x (LTS) - 01 Nov 2022	Major
Bootstrap Datetimepicker	./htdocs/js/bootstrap-datetimepicker/	- 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.
Chart.js	./htdocs/js/chartjs/	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 breaking changes - 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/ Minor - 3.0.1 bug fixes
Clipboard js	./htdocs/js/clipboard/	https://clipboardjs.com/	MIT License	2.0.6	2.0.8		Patch fix
Cookie consent	./htdocs/js/cookieconsent/	- https://www.osano.com/cookieconsent - https://github.com/osano/cookieconsent	MIT License	3.1.1	3.1.1	New updates are proprietary.	None		Looks like the opensource version is not maintained - last update two years ago. The site talks about new versions 2021.6 and 2021.2.3 which are not available. on GitHub.
CSS Tidy	./htdocs/lib/csstidy/	https://github.com/Cerdic/CSSTidy	LGPL	1.7.1	1.7.3	Not maintained, 2020	None	-
Dragon-drop	./htdocs/js/dragondrop/	https://github.com/schne324/dragon-drop	MIT License	3.2.1	3.6.1		Minor - changelog not available.		Current as of 2021-02-18 last updated August 2019
Datatables		https://datatables.net/ https://datatables.net/download/index	MIT License	1.10.20	1.10.25		Patch
Dropzone	./htdocs/js/dropzone/	https://github.com/dropzone/dropzone/release	MIT License	5.7.6	5.9.2		Minor - switched to yarn - moved the ./src/options.js previewTemplate in its own preview-template.html file - Dropzone triggers custom events on DOM using dropzone:		Released 2021-02-09 last updated July 2020
Dwoo	./htdocs/lib/dwoo/	http://dwoo.org/, https://github.com/dwoo-project/dwoo	GNU Lesser General Public License	1.3.7	1.3.7	Needs replacing.	None		PHP 5.3+	NB: This library is no longer maintained	We will soon look at replacing this library
Elastic Search	./htdocs/lib/elasticsearch/	https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php	Apache v2.0 LGPL v2.1	6.1.0	7.11.0		WIP - Gold		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/	https://fancyapps.com/fancybox/3/ - discont. https://fancyapps.com/docs/ui/fancybox - final v4 https://github.com/fancyapps/ui - in BETA stage https://fancyapps.com/docs/ui/installation	Creative Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0 license	3.5.6	3.5.7		None - wait until v4 is not in Beta.			https://fancyapps.com/next/	https://twitter.com/thefancyapps
gridstack	./htdocs/js/gridstack/	https://github.com/gridstack/gridstack.js	MIT License	0.6.4	3.3.0		WIP		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/	http://www.htmlpurifier.org/	LGPL v2.1+	4.13.0	4.13.0		None		No releases since June 2020		updates via the 'NEWS' section on github README https://github.com/ezyang/htmlpurifier/blob/v4.13.0/NEWS
Javascript templates	./htdocs/js/javascript-templates/	https://github.com/blueimp/JavaScript-Templates	MIT License	3.19.0	3.19.0		None		No releases since Sept 2020	n/a
jQuery	./htdocs/js/jquery/	http://jquery.com/ https://github.com/jquery/jquery	MIT License	3.5.1	3.6.0		Minor		https://blog.jquery.com/2021/03/02/jquery-3-6-0-released/		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/	http://jquerymobile.com	MIT License	1.5.0-alpha.1	1.5.0-rc1		None		released Sept 2018 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/	http://jqueryui.com/	MIT License	1.12.1	1.12.1		None			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		None		Doesn't exist anymore. jquery, jquery-ui	n/a
JS Color	./htdocs/js/jscolor/README.Mahara	http://jscolor.com/	GPL 3	2.4.5	2.4.5		None			we have no customisations, hopefull straight forward upgrade
Json editor	./htdocs/js/jsoneditor/README.Mahara	https://github.com/json-editor/json-editor	MIT License	1.3.5	2.5.4		Major 2.x		https://github.com/json-editor/json-editor/blob/2.0.0/CHANGELOG.md	Investigation needed
jTLine	.htdocs/js/jTLine/README.Mahara	https://naadydev.github.io/jTLine/	MIT License	1.0	1.0	Not maintained, 2018				n/a	Twitter: https://twitter.com/naadydev
Lodash	./htdocs/js/lodash/README.Mahara	https://github.com/lodash/lodash	MIT License	4.17.15	4.17.21		Patch fix			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	2.0.0	3.0.0		Major 3.x - breaking changes Minor 2.1.(1,2,3)			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
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
Mobile detect	./htdocs/lib/mobile_detect/	http://mobiledetect.net/	MIT License	2.8.34	2.8.36				Supported devices have been updated	Updating effort looks small
Moment.js	./htdocs/js/momentjs/	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
Oauth PHP	./htdocs/webservice/libs/oauth-php/	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
PDFjs	./htdocs/artefact/file/blocktype/pdf/js/pdfjs/	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
PHPMailer	./htdocs/lib/phpmailer/	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)
Popper	./htdocs/lib/popper/	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
ReCaptcha	./htdocs/lib/recaptcha/	https://github.com/google/recaptcha	BSD-3	1.2.1	1.2.4				5.5+	n/a
Select2	./htdocs/js/select2/	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
simplesamlphp	/htdocs/auth/saml/extlib/simplesamlphp/	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
System fonts	- ./htdocs/theme/raw/fonts/ - ./htdocs/theme/raw/sass/lib/font-awesome/	- 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.
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/	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
Video.js	./htdocs/artefact/file/blocktype/internalmedia/ videojs/	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/	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