# laravel/cashier-stripe

Laravel Cashier provides an expressive, fluent interface to Stripe's subscription billing services.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/cashier-stripe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cashier-stripe
Homepage: https://laravel.com/docs/billing
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, stripe, billing
Last push: 2026-08-12T09:25:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4565, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 16.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2542, forks 743 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.464947+00:00)

## What it is
Laravel Cashier is an official Laravel package providing a fluent interface to Stripe's subscription billing services. It handles subscription management, coupons, plan swapping, quantities, grace periods, and invoice PDF generation.

## Use cases
- add stripe subscription billing to a laravel app
- manage recurring payments and plan upgrades
- generate invoice pdfs for customers
- handle trial periods and cancellation grace periods
- apply coupons and discounts to subscriptions

## When to choose
- you build with Laravel and need Stripe subscription billing
- you want to avoid writing boilerplate billing and webhook code
- you need coupon, proration, and invoice handling out of the box

## When to avoid
- your project is not Laravel/PHP based
- you use a payment provider other than Stripe
- you need one-time payments only with no subscription logic

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: sdk, web-framework, middleware
- domain: web-development, fintech, backend, e-commerce
- platform: php
- tags: stripe, subscription-billing, payments, invoices, laravel-package, laravel

## Member repositories
- laravel/cashier-stripe (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.464947+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:07.057185+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel/cashier-stripe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.464947+00:00, sha 86e1b2737240)
  - homepage: https://laravel.com/docs/billing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:06.290253+00:00, sha f4e95ad4b546)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.