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grafite/blacksmith
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An easy to use tool for handling long term projects on Laravel Forge

v1.5.1(2mo ago)01.8k↑236.7%[2 issues](https://github.com/GrafiteInc/Blacksmith/issues)1MITPHPPHP ^8.0CI failing

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[![Grafite Blacksmith](GrafiteBlacksmith-banner.png)](GrafiteBlacksmith-banner.png)

**Blacksmith** - An easy way to handle rebuilding a Forge based application.

[![Build Status](https://github.com/GrafiteInc/Blacksmith/workflows/PHP%20Package%20Tests/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/GrafiteInc/Blacksmith/actions?query=workflow%3A%22PHP+Package+Tests%22)[![Maintainability](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5ef1afec9b27823975ea23af81453329ba25275388ffaad1eb7bd33394ba4bae/68747470733a2f2f6170692e636f6465636c696d6174652e636f6d2f76312f6261646765732f65363461356332633233393265333462623161302f6d61696e7461696e6162696c697479)](https://codeclimate.com/github/GrafiteInc/Blacksmith/maintainability)[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3e951a2608a90e8870578e91528923904622cefa93d8209aafc1b808ef5ad671/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f677261666974652f626c61636b736d6974682e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/grafite/blacksmith)[![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/850eae1099d2b05f53383473d7cd51f9bc1ab09b7d0d9e5122f1dd930efdcc6d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f6d6173686170652f6170697374617475732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/grafite/blacksmith)

The Backsmith package is a easy to use tool for handling long term projects on Laravel Forge.

##### Author(s):

[](#authors)

- [Matt Lantz](https://github.com/mlantz) ([@mattylantz](http://twitter.com/mattylantz), mattlantz at gmail dot com)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

1. PHP 8.2+

Compatibility and Support
-------------------------

[](#compatibility-and-support)

Laravel VersionPackage TagSupported^11.x-^12.x1.xyes### Installation

[](#installation)

Start a new Laravel project:

```
composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name
```

Then run the following to add Support

```
composer require "grafite/blacksmith"
```

Time to publish those assets!

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Grafite\Blacksmith\BlacksmithProvider"
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

License
-------

[](#license)

Support is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

### Bug Reporting and Feature Requests

[](#bug-reporting-and-feature-requests)

Please add as many details as possible regarding submission of issues and feature requests

### Disclaimer

[](#disclaimer)

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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 ~71 days

Recently: every ~112 days

Total

13

Last Release

72d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.1 → v1.0.02023-12-13

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^8.2

v0.1.1PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/81d026d950739c978b844ac79e6b454e7fedc95ceffdcc4da09893c2497c7255?d=identicon)[mlantz](/maintainers/mlantz)

---

Top Contributors

[![mlantz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1065551?v=4)](https://github.com/mlantz "mlantz (39 commits)")

---

Tags

laravellaravel-forge

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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