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nicoaudy/impersonate
====================

Laravel impersonate middleware, simply traits for impersonating other user

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Laravel Impersonate
===================

[](#laravel-impersonate)

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Simple package that do the trick, Impersonate makes it easy to authenticate as your users. Add a simple trait to your user model and impersonate as one of your users in one click.

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

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require nicoaudy/impersonate
```

Add traits to your user model

```
// User.php

use NicoAudy\Impersonate\Traits\Impersonate;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable, Impersonate;

    // Other stuff
}
```

Register Middleware to route

```
Route::middleware('impersonate')->group(function(){
     // your routes can be impersonates
});
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Impersonate a user :

```
Auth::user()->setImpersonating($other_user_id);
```

Stop impersonating :

```
Auth::user()->stopImpersonating();
```

Check if current user impersonating :

```
Auth::user()->isImpersonating();
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see the [changelog](changelog.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [contributing.md](contributing.md) for details and a todolist.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email author email instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [NicoAudy](https://github.com/nicoaudy)

License
-------

[](#license)

license. Please see the [license file](license.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9941c23ad97bc5b3f5d7051f784b6feb09c8b0a82668d3f715bab119422ce077?d=identicon)[NicoAudy](/maintainers/NicoAudy)

---

Top Contributors

[![nicoaudy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9676457?v=4)](https://github.com/nicoaudy "nicoaudy (5 commits)")

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