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mcprohosting/aperture
=====================

Simple Laravel package for taking and applying snapshots of database contents.

1.1.1(11y ago)086MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Apr 27Pushed 11y ago17 watchersCompare

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Aperture
========

[](#aperture)

Aperture is a super simple Laravel package to make sharing and storing unchanging database data easy and effective. Essentially, it provides a quick interface to dump and restore information from a database table. It is build so that, if needed, it should be able to handle unlimited rows without running out of memory.

### Usage

[](#usage)

1. Add this package to your composer.json.
2. Add the service provider `'Mcprohosting\Aperture\ApertureServiceProvider'` to your list of providers in config/app.php

You then have access to the commands `snapshot:take` and `snapshot:restore`.

```
> php artisan snapshot:take --help

Usage:
 snapshot:take [--database[="..."]] [--chunk[="..."]] table

Arguments:
 table                 Table to snapshot.

Options:
 --database            Database the table lives on.
 --chunk               How many rows to process at once. (default: 500)

> php artisan snapshot:restore --help

Usage:
 snapshot:restore [--database[="..."]] [--chunk[="..."]] table

Arguments:
 table                 Table to snapshot.

Options:
 --database            Database the table lives on.
 --chunk               How many rows to process at once. (default: 500)

```

Licensed under the MIT license.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

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 ~39 days

Total

3

Last Release

4318d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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