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stancl/virtualcolumn
====================

Eloquent virtual column.

v1.5.0(1y ago)826.8M—1.6%14[1 PRs](https://github.com/archtechx/virtualcolumn/pulls)10MITPHPCI passing

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Eloquent Virtual Column
=======================

[](#eloquent-virtual-column)

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

[](#installation)

Supports Laravel 10, 11, 12, and 13.

```
composer require stancl/virtualcolumn

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the `VirtualColumn` trait on your model:

```
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Stancl\VirtualColumn\VirtualColumn;

class MyModel extends Model
{
    use VirtualColumn;

    public $guarded = [];

    public static function getCustomColumns(): array
    {
        return [
            'id',
            'custom1',
            'custom2',
        ];
    }
}
```

Create a migration:

```
public function up()
{
    Schema::create('my_models', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');

        $table->string('custom1')->nullable();
        $table->string('custom2')->nullable();

        $table->json('data');
    });
}
```

And store any data on your model:

```
$myModel = MyModel::create(['foo' => 'bar']);
$myModel->update(['foo' => 'baz']);
```

###  Health Score

58

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance68

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity60

Solid adoption and visibility

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 53.8% 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 ~211 days

Total

9

Last Release

447d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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