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healthengine/laravel-better-models
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Better model defaults for Laravel

1.4.0(5y ago)018.5k1MITPHP

Since May 16Pushed 3y agoCompare

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>
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> Use [laravel/framework](https://github.com/laravel/framework) instead.

Laravel Better Models
=====================

[](#laravel-better-models)

This is a custom package designed for Laravel. It overrides some generators to modify the namespace and base models used.

The `make:model` command is overridden to change directory and namespace the generated model will be written to. It also changes the base Model class to one that includes [Laravel Chronos](https://github.com/HealthEngineAU/laravel-chronos)and [Laravel UUID](https://github.com/HealthEngineAU/laravel-uuid) by default, thus providing a better structure to the app and better defaults for time and primary keys.

It also overrides the `make:migration` command to change the default primary key column to a UUID type.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

There is nothing special to do to use this package, it will override the generators so you can work as normal but have a better structured app.

License
-------

[](#license)

Laravel Better Models is licensed under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~122 days

Total

5

Last Release

2115d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15922667?v=4)[Thomas Spencer](/maintainers/tspencer244)[@tspencer244](https://github.com/tspencer244)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6128798?v=4)[Jarryd Tilbrook](/maintainers/jradtilbrook)[@jradtilbrook](https://github.com/jradtilbrook)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

laravellaravelmigrationeloquentuuidchronos

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