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genealabs/laravel-optimized-postgres
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optimizes field types for Postgres.

12.0.1(12mo ago)58263.4k↓37.4%1[2 PRs](https://github.com/mikebronner/laravel-optimized-postgres/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.2

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Optimized Postgres for Laravel
==============================

[](#optimized-postgres-for-laravel)

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Impetus
-------

[](#impetus)

By default I like my Postgres database to use `text` type for all textual fields. When you run your migrations with this package installed, it will convert the following migration types to `text`: `char`, and `string`.

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

[](#installation)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

- PHP >=7.0
- Laravel >=5.4

### Composer Command

[](#composer-command)

```
composer require genealabs/laravel-optimized-postgres
```

### Service Provider

[](#service-provider)

If you are on Laravel 5.5, the service provider will auto-register once the package is installed. You can skip this step. If you haven't upgraded to Laravel 5.5 yet, add the following to the `providers` array in your `\config\app.php` file:

```
GeneaLabs\LaravelOptimizedPostgres\Providers\LaravelOptimizedPostgresService::class,
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

When writing migrations, be sure to remove the following use statement from the top of the file:

```
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
```

This is included in the two default migrations provided with Laravel projects, but I don't believe is added when you `make` a new migration.

Future Updates
--------------

[](#future-updates)

- possibly expand to normalize numbers, more research needed.

###  Health Score

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance69

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity84

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~240 days

Recently: every ~295 days

Total

13

Last Release

364d ago

Major Versions

0.5.1 → 10.0.02023-05-20

10.0.0 → 12.0.02025-05-19

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.1PHP >=7.0.0

0.2.0PHP >=7.1.3

0.5.0PHP ^8.0

10.0.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4374bfc5d8583aa8c25c5080f1fcfaf09027822f47724ba6b64abc564945c80a?d=identicon)[mikebronner](/maintainers/mikebronner)

---

Top Contributors

[![mikebronner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1791050?v=4)](https://github.com/mikebronner "mikebronner (35 commits)")

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Tags

laravellaravel-packagemigrationspostgresql

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