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akens/laravel-helpers
=====================

A library of helpers for use with the Laravel framework.

v1.6.1(10y ago)283PHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Feb 4Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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laravel-helpers
===============

[](#laravel-helpers)

A library of helpers for use with the Laravel framework.

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

[](#installation)

Install via Composer:

```
"require-dev": {
    "akens/laravel-helpers": "1.6.*"
}
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

[API](http://docs.geoffakens.com/laravel-helpers/)

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.5% 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

Every ~47 days

Recently: every ~86 days

Total

9

Last Release

3735d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e795d4c3d025ee32deea71dcebdaa9c8862310a0903fbec10b46dee2f5fa69c?d=identicon)[geoffakens](/maintainers/geoffakens)

---

Top Contributors

[![geoffakens](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10272344?v=4)](https://github.com/geoffakens "geoffakens (23 commits)")[![fnetfisheye](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6216391?v=4)](https://github.com/fnetfisheye "fnetfisheye (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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