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tommus/sprout
=============

Grow your Laravel seeders.

1.0.1(7y ago)39MITPHP

Since Feb 5Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Sprout
======

[](#sprout)

Grow your Laravel seeders.

Sprout allows you to write more modular, reuseable seeders for specific scenarios in your app.

For example, creating a "full event" by creating an event and ten bookings. Or, creating an "empty event" by creating just an event.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Pull in the package with composer:

```
composer require tommus/sprout
```

Laravel will automatically discover the Sprout Service Provider, meaning you don't need to manually add it.

2. Publish the Sprout vendor files:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=sprout
```

3. Create a new Sprout:

```
php artisan sprout:make Example
```

This will make a new Sprout at `App/Sprouts/Example.php`. In the `run()`method, you can add any factories or calls you'd like.

You can call another Sprout by using `$this->call(Sprout::class)` from within the called Sprout. This happens recursively.

Optionally, you can add a `beforeRun()` and `afterRun()` method to a Sprout to build up and tear down specific config.

You can add a `protected $description = 'Custom Title';` to a Sprout.

4. Add the Sprout to `config/sprout.php`:

```
return [
  'list' => [
    \App\Sprouts\Example::class,
  ],
];
```

5. Run the Sprout:

```
php artisan sprout:run
```

This allows you to choose a Sprout to run from the list defined in the Sprout config.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2655d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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