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matthewnw/laravel-permissions
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Permission handling for users in Laravel 5.5 and up

0.3.1(6y ago)0263MITPHPPHP >=7.2CI failing

Since Aug 27Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Permissions
===================

[](#laravel-permissions)

Create and manage user roles & permissions in your Laravel application via the database

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 36% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~81 days

Recently: every ~122 days

Total

9

Last Release

2216d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1PHP >=7.0

0.3.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4819352?v=4)[Matthew Williams](/maintainers/matthewnw)[@matthewnw](https://github.com/matthewnw)

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Top Contributors

[![matthewnw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4819352?v=4)](https://github.com/matthewnw "matthewnw (44 commits)")

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Tags

laravelsecurityaclpermissionscodelaunch

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