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isbkch/laravel5-tail
====================

A tail command for Laravel 5

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A tail command for Laravel 5
============================

[](#a-tail-command-for-laravel-5)

This package adds the tail command to Laravel 5. This package works for daily and single logs and has support for tailing local and the remote logs.

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require isbkch/laravel5-tail
```

You must install this service provider:

```
// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    Isbkch\Tail\TailServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];
```

If you're planning on tailing remote logs you must publish the config file with this command:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Isbkch\Tail\TailServiceProvider"
```

A file named `tail.php` will be created in the config directory. The options you can set in the file should be self-explanatory. PS: You can get the username from the .env file

```
return [

    'connections' => [

        /*
         * The environment name. You can use this value in the tail command.
         */
        'production' => [

             // Hostname of the server where the logs are located
            'host' => '',

             // Username to be used when connecting to the server where the logs are located
            'user'  => env('TAIL_USERNAME', 'isbkch'),

             // Full path to the directory where the logs are located
            'logDirectory' => '',
        ],

        // Change it to 'true' if you have grc (Generic Colouriser) installed in your system
        // To install grc on Debian based: sudo apt-get install grc
        'grc' => 'false'
    ],
];
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To tail the local log you can use this command:

```
php artisan tail
```

By default the last 20 lines will be shown. You can change that number by using the `lines`-option.

```
php artisan tail --lines=50
```

To tail a remote log you must first specify `hostname` and `logDirectory` in the config-file. After you've done that you can tail the remote logs by specify the environment as an argument.

```
php artisan tail production
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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 ~182 days

Recently: every ~227 days

Total

6

Last Release

2756d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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