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wendelladriel/laravel-expressive
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Typed Objects for Eloquent

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==========

[](#expressive)

 Typed Objects for Eloquent

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require wendelladriel/laravel-expressive
```

You can publish the config file with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="expressive"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add the `IsExpressive` trait to models that should convert to typed Expressive objects:

```
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\Attribute;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasOne;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Fillable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Hidden;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use WendellAdriel\Expressive\Concerns\IsExpressive;

#[Fillable(['name', 'email', 'role', 'password'])]
#[Hidden(['password', 'remember_token'])]
class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use IsExpressive, Notifiable;

    public function posts(): HasMany
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Post::class);
    }

    public function address(): HasOne
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Address::class);
    }

    /**
     * @return array
     */
    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'role' => UserRole::class,
            'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
            'password' => 'hashed',
        ];
    }

    protected function displayName(): Attribute
    {
        return Attribute::make(
            get: fn (): string => "{$this->name} ({$this->role->value})",
        );
    }
}
```

Generate an Expressive class from a model:

```
php artisan make:expressive User --model="App\Models\User"
```

Generate classes for discovered models in bulk when you want to scaffold a project at once:

```
php artisan expressive:generate --path="app/Models"
```

Check generated classes for model drift in CI:

```
php artisan expressive:sync --all
```

The generated class will live in `App\Expressive` by default:

```
use App\Enums\UserRole;
use App\Expressive\Address;
use App\Expressive\Post;
use App\Models\User as UserModel;
use Carbon\CarbonInterface;
use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
use WendellAdriel\Expressive\Attributes\Relationship;
use WendellAdriel\Expressive\Attributes\Virtual;
use WendellAdriel\Expressive\Expressive;

/**
 * @extends Expressive
 */
final class User extends Expressive
{
    public ?int $id = null;

    public string $name;

    public string $email;

    public UserRole $role;

    public string $password;

    public ?string $rememberToken = null;

    public ?CarbonInterface $emailVerifiedAt = null;

    public ?CarbonInterface $createdAt = null;

    public ?CarbonInterface $updatedAt = null;

    #[Relationship]
    public ?Address $address = null;

    /** @var Collection|null */
    #[Relationship]
    public ?Collection $posts = null;

    #[Virtual]
    public ?string $displayName = null;
}
```

Loaded relationships are converted recursively. A `HasOne` relation becomes the related model's Expressive object, and a `HasMany` relation becomes a `Collection` of Expressive objects.

Convert models, collections, and builders:

```
$user = User::findOrFail(1)->expressive(attributes: ['display_name']);
```

```
$users = User::query()->get()->expressive(relationships: ['posts']);
```

```
$users = User::query()
    ->where('active', true)
    ->expressive(relationships: ['posts']);
```

Access the full documentation [here](https://laravel-expressive.wendelladriel.com).

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see the [changelog](https://laravel-expressive.wendelladriel.com/getting-started/changelog) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for considering contributing to Expressive! You can read the contribution guide [here](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).

Security Vulnerabilities
------------------------

[](#security-vulnerabilities)

Please review [our security policy](.github/SECURITY.md) on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Wendell Adriel](https://github.com/WendellAdriel)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

Expressive is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance95

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.8% 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 ~18 days

Total

3

Last Release

21d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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