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banityt/laravel-impersonate
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laravel-impersonate
===================

[](#laravel-impersonate)

Impersonate with multi auth guard support.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require banityt/laravel-impersonate
```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

- Implements Impersonatable Contract and use Impersonatable Trait in your user model.

```
use BaniTo\Impersonate\Contracts\Impersonatable as ImpersonatableContract;
use BaniTo\Impersonate\Traits\Impersonatable as ImpersonatableTrait;

class User extends Authenticatable implements ImpersonatableContract
{
    use ImpersonatableTrait;

    //...
}
```

- Set your guard name in your user model

```
public function guardName()
{
    return 'web';   // or any custom guard name specified in config/auth.php
}
```

- (Optional) You can customize your impersonation related rights

```
public function canImpersonate() : bool
{
    return Bouncer::can('users_impersonate');
}

public function canBeImpersonated() : bool
{
    return !Bouncer::is('admin');
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Through user model or facade

```
use Impersonate;

// Impersonate other user, can be another user with other guard
auth()->user()->impersonate($anotherUser);
Auth::user()->impersonate($otherGuardUser);
Impersonate::impersonate($impersonator, $beingImpersonated);

// Stop impersonating
auth()->user()->stopImpersonating();
Auth::user()->stopImpersonating();
Impersonate::stopImpersonating();
```

Check if user is impersonating

```
auth()->user()->isImpersonating();
Auth::user()->isImpersonating();
Impersonate::isImpersonating();

// blade example
@if (Impersonate::isImpersonating())
    {{__('Stop Impersonation')}}
@endif
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62.5% 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 ~233 days

Total

2

Last Release

2646d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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