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thisisdevelopment/laravel-future-factories
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Forward compatibility for laravel 8 factories

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thisisdevelopment/laravel-future-factories
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Allows you to define factories in laravel 6/7 like you would in laravel 8 It still allows you define the factories in the old way. This allows to smooth over the transition to laravel 8.

In laravel 8 and up this package is a no-op

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Every ~19 days

Total

5

Last Release

1949d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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laravelcompatfactories

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