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kyledoesdev/essentials
======================

Essentials for my Laravel applications.

v0.0.7(2mo ago)0460MITPHPPHP ^8.4CI passing

Since Sep 6Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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kyledoesdev - Laravel Essentials
================================

[](#kyledoesdev---laravel-essentials)

Essential utilities for my Laravel projects.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kyledoesdev/essentials
```

Features
--------

[](#features)

### Global Timezone Helper

[](#global-timezone-helper)

```
timezone() // Returns the timezone of the current request()->ip()
```

### Carbon Macro

[](#carbon-macro)

```
Carbon::parse($created_at)->inUserTimezone() // Converts carbon instance to user's timezone
```

### Action Class Generator

[](#action-class-generator)

```
php artisan make:action CreateUserAction
```

Generates action classes in `app/Actions` directory.

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

[](#requirements)

- Laravel 11+
- PHP 8.4+

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT license.

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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 ~38 days

Recently: every ~27 days

Total

7

Last Release

69d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b8ba00da88d61aceeb463ea5744a7ca6e6d9f86c3fb89b90189f422e951f3483?d=identicon)[kyledoesdev](/maintainers/kyledoesdev)

---

Top Contributors

[![kyledoesdev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55156513?v=4)](https://github.com/kyledoesdev "kyledoesdev (22 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelessentialskyledoesdev

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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