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votemike/dbhelper
=================

Suggestions for database improvements

1.0.1(10y ago)125MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Oct 10Pushed 10y agoCompare

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DB Helper
=========

[](#db-helper)

Add this package to your Laravel installation and visit /dbhelper in your browser to see suggested table schema changes. It can show you columns that are too big, but also columns that are coming up to their limit.
FOR LOCAL USE ONLY. DO NOT USE THIS IN PRODUCTION. There is no protection on the root, so people would be able to spy on your database structure.
This package does not support signed integers yet. Please use GitHub to raise any issues and suggest any improvements.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require votemike/dbhelper --dev
```

Then add `Votemike\Dbhelper\DbhelperServiceProvider::class` to your 'providers' array in config/app.php

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Visit /dbhelper in your browser to see a list of suggested improvements

Future Improvements
-------------------

[](#future-improvements)

- Refactor
- Split Numeric and Textual Column types
- Suggest missing indexes/foreign keys

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Michael Gwynne](http://www.votemike.co.uk)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~93 days

Total

3

Last Release

3687d ago

Major Versions

0.0.1 → 1.0.02015-10-10

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3957065?v=4)[Michael Gwynne](/maintainers/votemike)[@votemike](https://github.com/votemike)

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Top Contributors

[![votemike](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3957065?v=4)](https://github.com/votemike "votemike (4 commits)")

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Tags

laraveldatabaseDB Helper

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