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[Debugging & Profiling](/categories/debugging) 4. / 5. spatie/ray ActiveLibrary[Debugging & Profiling](/categories/debugging) spatie/ray ========== Debug with Ray to fix problems faster 1.48.0(4mo ago)62446.7M↓25.4%10820MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0CI passing Since Jan 7Pushed 1mo ago6 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/spatie/ray)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/ray)[ Docs](https://github.com/spatie/ray)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/spatie)[ Fund](https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us)[ RSS](/packages/spatie-ray/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 2w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (26)Versions (129)Used By (20) spatie/ray - Send debug output from PHP to Ray ============================================== [](#spatieray---send-debug-output-from-php-to-ray) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f5682d2059d173daf97cab6fd9bfa1952e1b1f8c73144c3183a176e5eb6791b6/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7370617469652f7261792e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/ray)[![Tests](https://github.com/spatie/ray/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/spatie/ray/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/48d7ad93e5af25b5667f85d6f90bfe295d2ca05c555c5cb851fc192a301cde59/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7370617469652f6c61726176656c2d7261792e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/spatie/ray) This package can be installed in any PHP application to send debug output to [Ray](https://myray.app), the desktop debugging app from [Spatie](https://spatie.be/). [![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/df4557e996b7a43450d22ac35bb187a8e1239540b54dda4d8393bf2eb6638b51/68747470733a2f2f6769746875622d6164732e73332e65752d63656e7472616c2d312e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f7261792e6a70673f743d31373639363130303834)](https://spatie.be/github-ad-click/ray) Ray is a desktop debugging app that keeps the instant feedback you get from console.log() and dump() but lets you use the same debugging syntax across Laravel, PHP, JavaScript and more frameworks and languages. - Send anything you want to Ray, including HTML, arrays, queries, and Markdown files. - View and interact with output your AI sends to Ray using our MCP server. - Measure performance and pause execution in PHP. - Beautifully designed themes to match your style. Download our free trial and send up to 20 messages each session. Enjoying Ray? Buy a license to unlock the app and get full access. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) You can find the full documentation for using Ray with PHP on [https://myray.app/docs/php](https://myray.app/docs/php/vanilla-php/installation). Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test ``` Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details. Security Vulnerabilities ------------------------ [](#security-vulnerabilities) Please review [our security policy](../../security/policy) on how to report security vulnerabilities. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze) - [All Contributors](../../contributors) License ------- [](#license) The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information. ### Health Score 74 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance83 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity73 Solid adoption and visibility Community54 Growing community involvement Maturity77 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 65.1% 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 ~15 days Recently: every ~32 days Total 124 Last Release 139d ago PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0 1.17.1PHP ^7.3|^8.0 1.41.3PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7535935?v=4)[Spatie](/maintainers/spatie)[@spatie](https://github.com/spatie) --- Top Contributors [![freekmurze](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/483853?v=4)](https://github.com/freekmurze "freekmurze (772 commits)")[![patinthehat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5508707?v=4)](https://github.com/patinthehat "patinthehat (116 commits)")[![Nielsvanpach](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10651054?v=4)](https://github.com/Nielsvanpach "Nielsvanpach (58 commits)")[![timvandijck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4528796?v=4)](https://github.com/timvandijck "timvandijck (49 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (23 commits)")[![AyoobMH](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37803924?v=4)](https://github.com/AyoobMH "AyoobMH (19 commits)")[![riasvdv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3626559?v=4)](https://github.com/riasvdv "riasvdv (18 commits)")[![AdrianMrn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12762044?v=4)](https://github.com/AdrianMrn "AdrianMrn (14 commits)")[![sweptsquash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9886472?v=4)](https://github.com/sweptsquash "sweptsquash (13 commits)")[![rubenvanassche](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/619804?v=4)](https://github.com/rubenvanassche "rubenvanassche (13 commits)")[![willemvb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1336390?v=4)](https://github.com/willemvb "willemvb (11 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (10 commits)")[![abenerd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7523903?v=4)](https://github.com/abenerd "abenerd (9 commits)")[![AlexVanderbist](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6287961?v=4)](https://github.com/AlexVanderbist "AlexVanderbist (7 commits)")[![ricklambrechts](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1367665?v=4)](https://github.com/ricklambrechts "ricklambrechts (7 commits)")[![squatto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/748444?v=4)](https://github.com/squatto "squatto (6 commits)")[![octoper](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6823226?v=4)](https://github.com/octoper "octoper (5 commits)")[![sebastiandedeyne](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1561079?v=4)](https://github.com/sebastiandedeyne "sebastiandedeyne (5 commits)")[![WouterBrouwers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/40539118?v=4)](https://github.com/WouterBrouwers "WouterBrouwers (4 commits)")[![GromNaN](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400034?v=4)](https://github.com/GromNaN "GromNaN (4 commits)") --- Tags debugdumplaravelphpspatieray ### Code Quality TestsPest Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/spatie-ray/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/spatie-ray/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/spatie-ray) ``` ### Alternatives [laravel/framework The Laravel Framework. 34.9k556.2M21.5k](/packages/laravel-framework)[spatie/flare-client-php Send PHP errors to Flare 178166.2M24](/packages/spatie-flare-client-php)[spatie/laravel-ray Easily debug Laravel apps 31842.2M3.8k](/packages/spatie-laravel-ray)[shopware/platform The Shopware e-commerce core 3.4k1.5M3](/packages/shopware-platform)[shopware/core Shopware platform is the core for all Shopware ecommerce products. 595.8M672](/packages/shopware-core)[laradumps/laradumps-core LaraDumps is a friendly app designed to boost your Laravel / PHP coding and debugging experience. 261.6M14](/packages/laradumps-laradumps-core) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)