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pkboom/laravel-test-watcher
===========================

a test watcher

0.1.2(3y ago)1500MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Dec 22Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel Test Watcher
====================

[](#laravel-test-watcher)

Laravel Test Watcher will rerun tests whenever you save changes.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require pkboom/laravel-test-watcher
```

You can publish the config:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Pkboom\TestWatcher\TestWatcherServiceProvider" --tag="config"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
php artisan test:watch

// with name
php artisan test:watch ExampleTest
```

Then tests will be run.

[![](/images/demo1.png "demo")](/images/demo1.png)

At the bottom you have three options:

- f: filter
- q: quit

Press f to filter tests.

Type a name you want to filter by. Press `tab` to get help from autocomplete.

[![](/images/demo2.png "demo")](/images/demo2.png)

To publish the config file to config/test-watcher.php run:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Pkboom\TestWatcher\TestWatcherServiceProvider"
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) for more information.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

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 ~139 days

Total

3

Last Release

1323d ago

### 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 (18 commits)")

---

Tags

testwatcherpkboom

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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