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defstudio/impersonator
======================

Easily impersonate another user for debugging purpose

v1.2.0(1y ago)15.7k↓76.9%[1 PRs](https://github.com/defstudio/impersonator/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI passing

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Easily impersonate another user for debugging purpose
=====================================================

[](#easily-impersonate-another-user-for-debugging-purpose)

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require defstudio/impersonator
```

You can publish the config file with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="impersonator-config"
```

Tailwind css
------------

[](#tailwind-css)

Impersonator use tailwind css to render its view, consider adding `'./vendor/defstudio/impersonator/**/*.blade.php'` to your `tailwind.config.js` file

```
module.exports = {
    content: [
        //..
        './vendor/defstudio/impersonator/**/*.blade.php',
    ],
    //..
}
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

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

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Fabio Ivona](https://github.com/def-studio)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.4% 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 ~232 days

Recently: every ~198 days

Total

6

Last Release

410d ago

Major Versions

v0.0.1 → v1.0.02023-03-21

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/db5e0ab5568062368a52c61d67381c1a35be5e5c816968dd3883bc7ba2d46b53?d=identicon)[fabio.ivona](/maintainers/fabio.ivona)

---

Top Contributors

[![fabio-ivona](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8792274?v=4)](https://github.com/fabio-ivona "fabio-ivona (54 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (26 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (14 commits)")

---

Tags

laraveldefstudioimpersonator

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/defstudio-impersonator/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/defstudio-impersonator/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/defstudio-impersonator)
```

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