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cline/ferret
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Ferret out configuration files in various formats from your filesystem.

2.0.3(2mo ago)06MITPHPPHP ^8.5.0CI passing

Since Mar 4Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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---

Ferret is a Laravel package for searching and loading configuration files in various formats. It provides a flexible way to find and load configuration from multiple locations and formats.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

> **Requires [PHP 8.4+](https://php.net/releases/) and Laravel 12+**

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require cline/ferret
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- **[Directory Loading](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-directory-loading)** - Load entire directories of config files with dot-notation access
- **[Combining Configs](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-combining-configs)** - Merge multiple config files with deep/shallow merging
- **[Format Conversion](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-format-conversion)** - Convert between JSON, YAML, NEON, XML, INI, and PHP
- **[Encryption](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-encryption)** - Encrypt and decrypt sensitive configuration files

Supported Formats
-----------------

[](#supported-formats)

FormatExtensionReadWriteJSON.json✓✓YAML.yaml✓✓NEON.neon✓✓XML.xml✓✓INI.ini✓✓PHP.php✓✓Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please use the [GitHub security reporting form](https://github.com/faustbrian/ferret/security) rather than the issue queue.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Brian Faust](https://github.com/faustbrian)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~8 days

Total

14

Last Release

61d ago

Major Versions

1.2.1 → 2.0.02026-03-04

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)[Brian Faust](/maintainers/faustbrian)[@faustbrian](https://github.com/faustbrian)

---

Top Contributors

[![faustbrian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22145591?v=4)](https://github.com/faustbrian "faustbrian (11 commits)")

---

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phpjsonlaravelconfigurationconfigyamlferretrc

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