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balajidharma/laravel-category
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Laravel nestable custom categories

v2.0.10(7mo ago)112.1k↑30%3MITPHP

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Laravel Category
================

[](#laravel-category)

### Create database-based Category to your Laravel projects.

[](#create-database-based-category-to-your-laravel-projects)

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Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Demo](#demo)
- [Create Category Type](#create-category-type)
- [Create Category](#create-category)
- [Create multiple Category](#create-multiple-menu-items)
- [Category Tree](#category-tree)

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

[](#installation)

- Install the package via composer

```
composer require balajidharma/laravel-category
```

- Publish the migration and the config/category.php config file with

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\CategoryServiceProvider"
```

- Run the migrations

```
php artisan migrate
```

Demo
----

[](#demo)

The "[Basic Laravel Admin Penel](https://github.com/balajidharma/basic-laravel-admin-panel)" starter kit come with Laravel Category

Create Category Type
--------------------

[](#create-category-type)

```
use BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\Models\CategoryType;

CategoryType::create([
    'name' => 'Product Category',
    'machine_name' => 'product_category',
    'description' => 'Site Product Category',
]);
```

Category Tree
-------------

[](#category-tree)

- Get a category tree by using category type id

```
use BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\Models\Category;

$items = (new Category)->toTree($type->id);
```

- Get a category tree by using the category machine name

```
use BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\Models\CategoryType;

$items = CategoryType::getCategoryTree('product_category');
```

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~44 days

Recently: every ~80 days

Total

19

Last Release

210d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.8 → v2.0.12024-05-13

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![balajidharma](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6037466?v=4)](https://github.com/balajidharma "balajidharma (35 commits)")

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