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sztyup/impostor
===============

Impersonation plugin for Laravel 5

0.0.1(8y ago)0968LGPL-3.0PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Mar 16Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/sztyup/impostor)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sztyup/impostor)[ RSS](/packages/sztyup-impostor/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Impostor
--------

[](#impostor)

[![StyleCI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/74fb551dbe1c6e2d76fb65559383682aa5418066098e2e2b10b3f714004ad470/68747470733a2f2f7374796c6563692e696f2f7265706f732f3132353537343534372f736869656c643f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://styleci.io/repos/125574547)[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/08d8db9ddf8831d548dfa522e96b7b8074025111a7e16c10848fea8ed166a9a1/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f737a747975702f696d706f73746f722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/sztyup/impostor)

It enables admins in a Laravel application to impersonate another user.

### Installation

[](#installation)

Composer is the required way to install this package:

```
composer require sztyup/impostor

```

If you use Laravel 5.5 or above, then the package is automatically discovered.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2975d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7b451911d1598e9ca3f51ce5de5ba8e7411f2171f621a32bdc681a76188ee5f4?d=identicon)[sztyup](/maintainers/sztyup)

---

Top Contributors

[![sztyup](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9087049?v=4)](https://github.com/sztyup "sztyup (15 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/sztyup-impostor/health.svg)

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