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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 1.47.0(2mo ago)62242.5M—2.6%11020MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0CI passing Since Jan 7Pushed 4w 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 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (13)Versions (128)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 75 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance90 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity73 Solid adoption and visibility Community53 Growing community involvement Maturity76 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 65.2% 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 ~23 days Total 123 Last Release 87d 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 (771 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] (21 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 [spatie/laravel-ray Easily debug Laravel apps 31738.4M2.8k](/packages/spatie-laravel-ray)[php-debugbar/php-debugbar Debug bar in the browser for php application 4.4k21.3M40](/packages/php-debugbar-php-debugbar)[spatie/ignition A beautiful error page for PHP applications. 511147.6M69](/packages/spatie-ignition)[spatie/backtrace A better backtrace 433169.4M51](/packages/spatie-backtrace)[spatie/laravel-web-tinker Artisan Tinker in your browser 1.2k3.8M6](/packages/spatie-laravel-web-tinker)[laradumps/laradumps-core LaraDumps is a friendly app designed to boost your Laravel / PHP coding and debugging experience. 261.2M13](/packages/laradumps-laradumps-core) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)