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davestewart/sketchpad
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An innovative front-end environment for interactive Laravel development

v1.2.10(8y ago)29512.9k19[36 issues](https://github.com/davestewart/laravel-sketchpad/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/davestewart/laravel-sketchpad/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Laravel Sketchpad
=================

[](#laravel-sketchpad)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Sketchpad is an innovative, bolt-on development environment for your existing Laravel site.

It's a place to write, test, experiment and execute code, or just a place to group useful tools and functions you want easy access to.

[![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/132681/24509000/14ee5b96-155d-11e7-95ed-7712a32dceb6.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/132681/24509000/14ee5b96-155d-11e7-95ed-7712a32dceb6.png)

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

Sketchpad provides an alternative structure of controllers, views, assets and routing that lives alongside your main Laravel installation.

You can navigate methods, interactively modify parameters, and even [live-reload](https://github.com/davestewart/laravel-sketchpad-reload) the code you're working on, all from a friendly UI.

Additional tooling and functionality is designed to make it quick and easy to develop or debug new tools, features and code.

Demo
----

[](#demo)

View the live demo at:

- [sketchpad.davestewart.io/sketchpad](http://sketchpad.davestewart.io/sketchpad)

Uses
----

[](#uses)

- Test out new coding ideas
- Develop tools and utilities for everyday work
- Debug applications in the same environment they're running in
- Practice with new libraries or APIs with your existing code
- Give new hires a place to get up to speed with the codebase
- Double check how that rarely-used function actually works
- Give all that "secret" or commented-out code somewhere to live
- Live-document existing features and tools
- Generate and manage reports

More info
---------

[](#more-info)

For installation and usage instructions, see the [wiki](https://github.com/davestewart/laravel-sketchpad/wiki).

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity38

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.8% 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 ~15 days

Recently: every ~33 days

Total

34

Last Release

3143d ago

Major Versions

v0.3 → v1.0.0-beta2017-03-24

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/02bae08c9a40f1b4ed9ae2f647e93a6133dc779534fcbdf8820c674dbe6a8dbc?d=identicon)[davestewart](/maintainers/davestewart)

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Top Contributors

[![davestewart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/132681?v=4)](https://github.com/davestewart "davestewart (617 commits)")[![EmilMoe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/555083?v=4)](https://github.com/EmilMoe "EmilMoe (1 commits)")

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Tags

demolaravellive-codingprototypingtestingtinkertoolingtestinglaravelTinkertoolsplayground

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