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devworkout/bothound
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Bothound
========

[](#bothound)

Detect crawlers by User Agent, Referer or IP.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require devworkout/bothound
php artisan migrate
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
        // Check User Agent, Referer, IP
        if ( $networkName = app( 'bothound' )->identifyBot( $userAgent, $referer, $ip ) )
        {
            dd($networkName);
        }

        app('bothound')->rememberBot('1.2.3.4','facebook');
```

In Console Kernel:

```
$schedule->command( 'bothound:optimize' )->daily();
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

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

[](#contributing)

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

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email us instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [devworkout](https://github.com/devworkout)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

Support us
----------

[](#support-us)

Give us a star!

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

15

—

LowBetter than 3% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity23

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![librevlad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49364343?v=4)](https://github.com/librevlad "librevlad (8 commits)")

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