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cline/postal-code
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Validates and formats postal codes for all countries with a Laravel-first approach

2.0.3(2mo ago)01.4k↓30%1MITPHPPHP ^8.5.0CI passing

Since Dec 30Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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---

Postal Code is a Laravel package for validating and formatting postal codes across 180+ countries. It provides a fluent API with automatic normalization, country-specific formatting, and comprehensive exception handling.

This is a fork of [brick/postcode](https://github.com/brick/postcode) by Benjamin Morel, adapted for Laravel with additional features and a fluent API.

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

[](#requirements)

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

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require cline/postal-code
```

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

[](#documentation)

- **[Basic Usage](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-basic-usage)** - Validation, formatting, and the fluent API
- **[Custom Handlers](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-custom-handlers)** - Creating and registering country handlers
- **[Exception Handling](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-exception-handling)** - Handling validation errors gracefully
- **[Laravel Integration](DOCS.md#doc-cookbooks-laravel-integration)** - Validation rules, casts, Blade, and Livewire

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/postal-code/security) rather than the issue queue.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

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

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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.x-dev → 2.0.02026-03-04

### Community

Maintainers

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

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Top Contributors

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

---

Tags

phplaravelvalidationformattingzip codepostcodepostal-code

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