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jrbarros/laravel-plug-and-play
==============================

Plug and play packages in Laravel

1.1.1(6y ago)03MITPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Oct 22Pushed 5y agoCompare

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Laravel Plug and Play
=====================

[](#laravel-plug-and-play)

Add to the [Laravel](https://laravel.com/) application the ability to plug and play packages that are build with [package discover](https://laravel.com/docs/master/packages#package-discovery) without necessarily installing a new dependency on `composer.json`.

This package uses the great plugin [Composer Merge Plugin](https://github.com/wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin) which allows you to merge multiple `composer.json` files into the [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) runtime.

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

[](#installation)

[Laravel Plug and Play](https://github.com/edersoares/laravel-plug-and-play/) requires [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) 1.0.0 or newer.

```
composer require edersoares/laravel-plug-and-play

php artisan package:install
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The `composer.json` file needs to be updated to something like:

```
{
    "require": {
        "edersoares/laravel-plug-and-play": "^1.0"
    },
    "extra": {
        "merge-plugin": {
            "include": [
                "packages/*/*/composer.json"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

This package is a [Composer Merge Plugin](https://github.com/wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin) extension and its features can be used usually. See more in [plugin configuration](https://github.com/wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin#plugin-configuration).

### Adding a package

[](#adding-a-package)

Move or clone the package to `packages//` folder and runs:

```
composer update --lock
```

Whenever package dependencies are updated, this command must be executed.

> This will instruct Composer to recalculate the file hash for the top-level composer.json thus triggering composer-merge-plugin to look for the sub-level configuration files and update your dependencies.
>
>

### Creating a package

[](#creating-a-package)

To create a package execute:

```
php artisan package:create /
```

This will create a package in `packages` folder:

```
packages
\_
  \_
    \_ src
      \_ Providers
        \_ ServiceProvider.php
    \_ composer.json

```

See the official documentation about [package discover](https://laravel.com/docs/master/packages#package-discovery).

### Removing a package

[](#removing-a-package)

Just only remove the package folder and runs:

```
composer update --lock
```

License
-------

[](#license)

[Laravel Plug and Play](https://github.com/edersoares/laravel-plug-and-play/) is licensed under the MIT license. See the [license](https://github.com/edersoares/laravel-plug-and-play/blob/master/license.md) file for more details.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.7% 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 ~142 days

Total

4

Last Release

1968d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/00b6392647e4c38efad2fcdc9adc124141d277def88a6b71dfc22f2efbd10b3d?d=identicon)[jrbarros](/maintainers/jrbarros)

---

Top Contributors

[![edersoares](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/957395?v=4)](https://github.com/edersoares "edersoares (22 commits)")[![jrbarros](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10848562?v=4)](https://github.com/jrbarros "jrbarros (1 commits)")

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![Health badge](/badges/jrbarros-laravel-plug-and-play/health.svg)

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