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chrisbraybrooke/helpers
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A simple helpers package for my projects.

0.0.8(2y ago)04291PHP

Since Aug 12Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Project Helpers
=======================

[](#laravel-project-helpers)

A package that provides all of the helpers I generally use on all projects

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require chrisbraybrooke/helpers

```

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

1. You should run `php artisan tinker stub:custom` to publish a set of opinionated stubs that will aide development. To overide previous stubs, the `--force` flag is available.
2. Config is available by running `php artisan tinker vendor:publish --tag=helpers-config`

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~96 days

Recently: every ~68 days

Total

8

Last Release

1060d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/954f04d21211c33ec6dd750169be63b054d65d2fba406a0ad523b43cda015b25?d=identicon)[ChrisBraybrooke](/maintainers/ChrisBraybrooke)

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