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karlmonson/laravel-magic
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Laravel Magic is a passwordless authentication driver

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Laravel Magic
=============

[](#laravel-magic)

Laravel Magic is a passwordless authentication driver. Users receive a login link via email.

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

[](#installation)

Install via Composer:

```
composer require karlmonson/laravel-magic
```

The package service provider and facade will be automatically registered.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

After installation, run migrations:

```
php artisan migrate
```

This will create a new table `magic_auth_requests` in your database.

Next, replace the default `AuthenticatesUsers` trait on your `LoginController` with the following:

```
use KarlMonson\Magic\Traits\AuthenticatesUsers;

class LoginController extends Controller
{
    use AuthenticatesUsers;

    ...
}
```

You'll also need to add the `Magical` trait to your user model:

```
use KarlMonson\Magic\Traits\Magical;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Magical, Notifiable;

    ...
}
```

We suggest dropping the `password` column from your user table, or at least making it `nullable`.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Next, in your `auth` config file, replace the 'users' driver with 'magic':

```
'providers' => [
    'users' => [
        'driver' => 'magic',
        'model' => App\User::class,
    ],
],
```

You may also specify an 'expire' option for Magic to use, this is how long login tokens will stay alive. The default is 10 if this is not specified.

```
'magic' => [
    'expire' => 10,
]
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Karl Monson](https://github.com/karlmonson) - Author
- [Fast](https://fast.co) - Inspiration
- [Slack](https://slack.com) - Inspiration

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/karlmonson/laravel-magic/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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 ~20 days

Total

2

Last Release

2319d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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