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romanzipp/laravel-env-diff
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Create a visual Diff of .env and .env.example files

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Laravel Env Diff
================

[](#laravel-env-diff)

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Create a visual Diff of .env and .env.example files

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require romanzipp/laravel-env-diff

```

**If you use Laravel 5.5+ you are already done, otherwise continue.**

Add Service Provider to your `app.php` configuration file:

```
romanzipp\EnvDiff\Providers\EnvDiffProvider::class,
```

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

[](#configuration)

Copy configuration to config folder:

```
$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="romanzipp\EnvDiff\Providers\EnvDiffProvider"

```

```
return [
    /*
     * Specify all environment files that should be compared.
     */
    'files'         => [
        '.env',
        '.env.example',
    ],

    /*
     * The base path to look for environment files.
     */
    'path'          => base_path(),

    /*
     * User colors when printing console output.
     */
    'use_colors'    => true,

    /*
     * Hide variables that exist in all .env files.
     */
    'hide_existing' => true,

    /*
     * Show existing env values instead of y/n.
     */
    'show_values'   => false,
];
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$ php artisan env:diff
              {files? : Specify environment files, overriding config}
              {--values : Display existing environment values}';

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$ php artisan env:diff .env,.env.second

```

[![Preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romanzipp/Laravel-Env-Diff/master/preview-default.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romanzipp/Laravel-Env-Diff/master/preview-default.png)

```
$ php artisan env:diff .env,.env.second --values

```

[![Preview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romanzipp/Laravel-Env-Diff/master/preview-values.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romanzipp/Laravel-Env-Diff/master/preview-values.png)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit
```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~78 days

Recently: every ~139 days

Total

22

Last Release

1189d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02018-09-14

1.2.2 → 2.0.02020-03-06

PHP version history (3 changes)0.0.1PHP >=7.0

1.2.0PHP ^7.2

2.0.5PHP ^7.2|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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