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buzzlightyear/colour-logger
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A powerful, fluent API for colored logging in Laravel applications, built on top of Monolog.

v1.1.0(1y ago)09MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0

Since Jun 21Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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ColourLogger
============

[](#colourlogger)

ColourLogger is a powerful, fluent API for coloured logging in PHP applications, leveraging Monolog to enhance readability and focus during development by adding coloured and styled text capabilities to console logging.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Easy integration with any Laravel application.
- Fluent interface to configure foreground and background colours, as well as text styles such as bold, italic, and underline.
- Built on top of the robust Monolog logging library.
- Support for logging complex data types including arrays and objects, with optional pretty-print JSON formatting.

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

[](#installation)

Install ColourLogger via Composer:

```
composer require buzzlightyear/colour-logger
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Here is how you can use ColourLogger in your PHP projects:

```
use App\Logging\ColourLogger;

// Basic usage
ColourLogger::text('blue')->log('This is a blue text');

// Complex styling
ColourLogger::text('blue')->background('red')->bold()->italic()->underline()->log('This message has red background and blue, bold, italic, underlined text');

// Logging complex data types with pretty-print JSON
ColourLogger::text('green')->json()->log(['key' => 'value', 'another_key' => 'another_value']);
```

Customize Colours
-----------------

[](#customize-colours)

You can easily customize the colours by accessing the `colour_map` array within the `ColourLogger` class. Modify this array to include your preferred ANSI colour codes.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.

To contribute to ColourLogger, follow these steps:

1. Fork the project repository.
2. Create a new branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`).
5. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`).
6. Open a pull request.

License
-------

[](#license)

Distributed under the MIT License. See `LICENSE` file for more information.

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

Project Link:

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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 ~3 days

Total

2

Last Release

685d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![buzzlightyear1309](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20198028?v=4)](https://github.com/buzzlightyear1309 "buzzlightyear1309 (2 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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