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pkboom/laravel-pick
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0.0.18(9mo ago)098↓100%MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI failing

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Improves your debugging experience. Sort of `Ray` alternative
=============================================================

[](#improves-your-debugging-experience-sort-of-ray-alternative)

Drop `pick()` in you code. `Pick` will pick up anything you pass along and show on `pick server`.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require pkboom/laravel-pick --dev
```

You can publish the config file with

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Pkboom\Pick\PickServiceProvider"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Download and install `pick server`.

```
git clone https://github.com/pkboom/pick-server.git
cd pick-server
composer install
composer setup
```

Spin up `pick server`. Actually we use `valet`. So server is already up and running.

Open `pick-server.test` and whatever `laravel-pick` sends will appear there.

After installing `laravel-pick`, use `pick()` in your app.

```
Route::get('/', function () {
    pick(time());
    pick(User::first());
    pick(time());

    return 'calm down';
});
```

Result at

[![](image2.png)](image2.png)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance57

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~65 days

Recently: every ~106 days

Total

17

Last Release

282d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.2PHP ^8.0

0.0.16PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a5c267544335ffc241b0287e8fe001a7c2cc8e466be886226fce5c744f2e1abe?d=identicon)[pkboom](/maintainers/pkboom)

---

Top Contributors

[![pkboom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13960169?v=4)](https://github.com/pkboom "pkboom (35 commits)")

---

Tags

laraveldebugdumppkboompick

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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