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barryvdh/laravel-migration-generator
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Generate migrations based on existing database

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Laravel4 Migration Generator
----------------------------

[](#laravel4-migration-generator)

### Generate migrations based on existing tables

[](#generate-migrations-based-on-existing-tables)

***You might want to checkout  which is similar to this package, but is developed more recently and is using way/generators version 2.x. My package is still on 1.x and I'll have to see when/if I can upgrade. This package does still work, but isn't actively supported currently***

Require this package in your composer.json:

```
"barryvdh/laravel-migration-generator": "dev-master"

```

And update dependencies using composer:

```
composer update

```

And add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in app/config/app.php

```
'Barryvdh\MigrationGenerator\MigrationGeneratorServiceProvider',

```

You can now generate the migration by running the command, followed by the tables you want to generate

```
php artisan migration-generate posts,users

```

Your migrations will be created in app/database/migrations

Migrations are generated by This assumes the key is 'id' and timestamps (created\_at/updated\_at) are generated by default.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity42

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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