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rapidsquirrel/laravel-rate-limiter
==================================

A robust and customizable rate-limiting middleware for laravel

10PHP

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Laravel Rate Limiter
====================

[](#laravel-rate-limiter)

This project implements a rate limiter for a Laravel application, providing protection against excessive requests and potential abuse.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Simple integration with Laravel framework.
- Configurable request limits.
- Middleware for applying rate limits on specific routes.

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

[](#installation)

1. Clone the repository:

```
git clone https://github.com/amrq88/laravel-rate-limiter.git
cd laravel-rate-limiter
```

2. Install dependencies:

```
composer install
```

3. Copy the example environment file and update your environment variables:

```
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
```

4. Run the migrations:

```
php artisan migrate
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

You can configure the rate limiter settings in the `config/rate_limiter.php` file.

```
return [
    'limits' => [
        'default' => [
            'max_attempts' => 60,
            'decay_minutes' => 1,
        ],
        // Add other rate limit configurations here
    ],
];
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Apply the rate limiter middleware to your routes in `routes/web.php` or `routes/api.php`:

```
use App\Http\Middleware\RateLimiter;

Route::middleware([RateLimiter::class])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/your-route', [YourController::class, 'yourMethod']);
});
```

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

[](#contributing)

If you would like to contribute, please fork the repository and make changes as you'd like. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)
5. Open a Pull Request

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

Contact
-------

[](#contact)

For any inquiries, please contact [Amr Qawasmeh](mailto:amrq88@gmail.com).

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###  Health Score

14

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LowBetter than 2% of packages

Maintenance28

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity17

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**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

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