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gillyware/postal
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Courier‑style DTOs (Packets) for Laravel applications

v1.1.2(11mo ago)17752MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

Since Jul 21Pushed 11mo agoCompare

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About Postal
------------

[](#about-postal)

**Postal** delivers “packets” to every corner of your Laravel app Packets are constructor‑promoted, immutable DTOs with attribute‑based validation.

Inject packets into controller actions, build them from classes using the `Packetable` trait, or create them manually.

Official Documentation
----------------------

[](#official-documentation)

Full documentation is available [here](./docs/documentation.md).

License
-------

[](#license)

Postal is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance51

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

345d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62025141?v=4)[braxey](/maintainers/braxey)[@braxey](https://github.com/braxey)

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Top Contributors

[![braxey](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62025141?v=4)](https://github.com/braxey "braxey (12 commits)")

---

Tags

laraveldata-transfer-objectdtopacket

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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