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sun/icon-directive
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The icon directive provides @icon directive to use fontawesome icon in the blade template

v1.0.0(9y ago)724MITPHPPHP >=5.6.4

Since Sep 1Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Icon Directive
--------------

[](#icon-directive)

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The icon directive provides @icon directive to use fontawesome icon in the blade template.

Installation Process
--------------------

[](#installation-process)

Icon directive is available via Composer/Packagist.

```
composer require sun/icon-directive

```

Add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php

```
Sun\IconDirective\IconDirectiveServiceProvider::class,
```

Basic Uses
----------

[](#basic-uses)

To add fontawesome icon in your blade template just use @icon directive and pass the fontawesome icon name.

```
@icon('github')
```

Optionally, you can add extra classes for the fontawesome icon.

```
@icon('github', 'fa-5x', 'blue')
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

In the blade template

```

    @icon('save') Save

```

This code snippet will render as shown below

```

     Save

```

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is licensed under the [MIT License](https://github.com/iftekhersunny/IconDirective/blob/master/LICENSE)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3542d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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