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boltci/shards
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Patch PHPUnit and Paratest to shard your Laravel test suite.

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Shards
======

[](#shards)

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Patch PHPUnit and Paratest to shard your Laravel test suite.

Caveats
-------

[](#caveats)

Both [Pest](https://github.com/pestphp/pest/) (as of [version 4.0.0](https://github.com/pestphp/pest/releases/tag/v4.0.0)) and [ParaTest](https://github.com/paratestphp/paratest) (as of [version 7.13.0](https://github.com/paratestphp/paratest/releases/tag/v7.13.0)) support test sharding natively, in more robust ways than this package provides.

You should only use this as a last resort if your version of testing framework does not support sharding natively.

Supported Versions
------------------

[](#supported-versions)

- PHP 8.2 or higher
- Laravel 10.x or higher
- PHPUnit 10.x or higher
- ParaTest 7.2.0 or higher

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

[](#installation)

Install the package via Composer:

```
composer require boltci/shards --dev
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### 1. Patch PHPUnit

[](#1-patch-phpunit)

Before running your tests, patch PHPUnit to enable sharding:

```
php artisan shards:patch-phpunit
```

This command modifies the PHPUnit test suite builder to shard tests based on your environment configuration.

### 2. Patch ParaTest

[](#2-patch-paratest)

If you're using ParaTest versions between 7.2.0 and 7.4.2, you may need to apply a compatibility patch:

```
php artisan shards:patch-paratest
```

**Note**: ParaTest 7.4.3 and above have the issue fixed and don't require patching.

### 3. Run Your Tests

[](#3-run-your-tests)

Run your tests with the `SHARD` environment variable set to specify which shard to run. The format is `x/y`, where `x` is the shard number and `y` is the total number of shards.

```
SHARD=1/5 php artisan test
```

You can optionally set the `SEED` variable to any positive integers to shuffle the test order using a deterministic seed (i.e. the same seed will always produce the same test order):

```
SHARD=1/5 SEED=1 php artisan test
```

When using ParaTest (by passing `--parallel`), include the `--functional` flag to parallelize by Test to avoid overlaps between shards:

```
SHARD=1/5 SEED=1 php artisan test --parallel --functional
```

This is useful to help distribute tests more evenly across shards.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- The first version of this code was first written for internal use at [Springloaded](https://springloaded.co).
- The use of the word "shard" and the "x/y" shard notation was later adapted from [Pest](https://pestphp.com/docs/4.x/sharding).

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance72

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~2 days

Total

3

Last Release

159d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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TestsPHPUnit

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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