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atendwa/laravel-honeypot
========================

This Laravel package safeguards your forms effortlessly with an invisible shield against spam, featuring seamless integration and configurable settings for optimal protection.

1.1.2(1y ago)033[1 PRs](https://github.com/atendwa/laravel-honeypot/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.2

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Beat Spam Bots with Laravel Honeypot
====================================

[](#beat-spam-bots-with-laravel-honeypot)

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Laravel Honeypot is a package designed to help protect your Laravel applications from spam bots by adding a hidden form field that, when filled, indicates the submission is likely from a bot. It provides a simple and effective method to reduce spam submissions without inconveniencing genuine users.

### Installation

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require atendwa/laravel-honeypot
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

You can override the default options for the honeypot. First publish the `honeypot.php` configuration file:

```
  php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Atendwa\Honeypot\HoneypotServiceProvider" --tag="config"
```

Add the following variables in your **.env** file to use you custom configurations

```
HONEYPOT_ENABLED=TRUE

HONEYPOT_INPUT_NAME=mobile

HONEYPOT_TIME_INPUT_NAME=time_field

HONEYPOT_MINIMUM_SUBMISSION_DURATION=1 #time in seconds

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

1. Add the `prevent-spam` middleware to the routes you want to protect from spam bots.

    ```
    Route::post('/submit-comment', [commentController::class, 'store'])
        ->middleware('prevent-spam');
    ```
2. Add the `` blade component to the form body

    ```

        @csrf

        // other input fields

    ```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](changelog) for more information what has changed recently.

### Contributing

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](contributing) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

### Credits

[](#credits)

- [Anthony Tendwa Michael](https://github.com/atendwa)

### License

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](licence) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Every ~4 days

Total

4

Last Release

726d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8f3391990d67fe49d89c238c9defd734b6f07f863c7f12c7674e9cfcde409f98?d=identicon)[atendwa](/maintainers/atendwa)

---

Top Contributors

[![atendwa](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/125092307?v=4)](https://github.com/atendwa "atendwa (10 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelHoneypotAtendwa

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

### Embed Badge

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```

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