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vizrex/laravel-env-switcher
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This package provides a command line utility to switch Laravel env files easily.

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Introduction
============

[](#introduction)

This package provides a command line utility to switch Laravel env files easily.

Signature
---------

[](#signature)

`env:switch {new_env} {--force}`

Supported Environments
----------------------

[](#supported-environments)

Following values are acceptable for `new_env` parameter:

- dev
- prod
- testing

Usage Examples
--------------

[](#usage-examples)

- `php artisan env:switch dev`
- `php artisan env:switch prod --force`

How it works?
=============

[](#how-it-works)

This utility supports 3 environments as mentioned above. It creates separate `.env` file for each environment e.g.:

- .env.dev
- .env.prod
- .env.testing

When an environment is activated, its content are copied to main `.env` file and the correspoding file gets a suffix `.active`. For example if `dev` environment is active, then `.env.dev` will be renamed to `.env.dev.active` and its content will be copied to main `.env` file.

In case the required version of `.env` file doesn't exist, its created automatically by copying `.env.example` file.

To-dos
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Wishlist
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###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2673d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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