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notate/notate
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Put your JSON data to work in Eloquent.

v0.0.7(6y ago)039MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Jan 8Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Notate
======

[](#notate)

Notate is a tool for the Laravel Eloquent ORM that allows you to define `HasOne`, `HasMany` and `BelongsTo` relationships using properties defined in JSON on a foreign key.

### Installation

[](#installation)

Run the following command in your terminal in the directory of your Laravel project.

```
composer require notate/notate

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

Add the `Notate\Notate` trait to your Eloquent models, and you will be able to reference JSON columns on both ends when creating relationships.

#### Relationships

[](#relationships)

```
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Notate\Notate;
use Notate\Relations\{HasOne, HasMany, BelongsTo};

class User extends Model
{
    use Notate;

    public function guild(): HasOne
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Guild::class, 'id', 'stats->guild_id');
    }

    public function items(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Item::class, 'data->id', 'nested->some->property');
    }

    public function role(): BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Role::class, 'name', 'stats->role->name');
    }
}
```

```
$user = User::find(1);

// user->nested->some->property == item->data->id
echo $user->items->first()->data->id;

// can use the query builder as usual
$equippedItems = $user->items()->where('equipped',0)->get();

// eager loading support
$users = User::with(['items','guild'])->get();
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

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 ~89 days

Recently: every ~94 days

Total

7

Last Release

2553d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13795700?v=4)[Zac Olden](/maintainers/mink)[@mink](https://github.com/mink)

---

Top Contributors

[![mink](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13795700?v=4)](https://github.com/mink "mink (44 commits)")

---

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jsonlaraveldatabaseeloquentcollectionrelationshipnotate

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