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djaxho/laravel-cats
===================

Make programming fun again by printing cats when debugging and dumping data

2.1.0(4y ago)421.9k↓33.3%4MITPHPPHP ^7.0

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Laravel Cats
------------

[](#laravel-cats)

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Make programming fun again by printing cats when debugging and dumping data. It works in the browser and console (tinker, artisan commands, unit tests).

> ```
>  /\_/\   _
> ( °w° )  )   (  ))
> (__ __)//
>
> ```

Intended to be comical in the beginning, but has proven itself to be a tool used fairly often for drawing the eye to breaks, or data dumps in views or command line when you aren't sure where dumped data will really end up on a page. Or when your terminal is filled with output and you want to know exactly where your dump ended up if it isn't the final item printed to the console. A big 'ol cat lets your eyes find the target immediately.

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

[](#installation)

Require this package with composer. It is recommended to only require the package for development.

```
composer require djaxho/laravel-cats --dev
```

Usage (provides 2 functions)
----------------------------

[](#usage-provides-2-functions)

```
cc($args); // exactly the same as doing dd($args) in laravel, but adds an ascii cat
c($args); // exactly the same as doing dump($args) in laravel, but adds an ascii cat
```

Motivation
----------

[](#motivation)

My intention is simple for this package, yet it is of grave importance to humanity: provide alternative helper functions in the laravel development environment that will print an ascii cat before dumping the data using laravel's own dd() and dump() functions

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% 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 ~489 days

Total

3

Last Release

1789d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → 2.0.02021-08-06

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9688456?v=4)[Danny Jackson](/maintainers/djaxho)[@djaxho](https://github.com/djaxho)

---

Top Contributors

[![djaxho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9688456?v=4)](https://github.com/djaxho "djaxho (7 commits)")[![olivernybroe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5870441?v=4)](https://github.com/olivernybroe "olivernybroe (1 commits)")

---

Tags

laraveldebugfuncatssuper-cool-feline-friends

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