# illuminate/database

[READ ONLY] Subtree split of the Illuminate Database component (see laravel/framework)

Repository: https://github.com/illuminate/database
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/database
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T20:57:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5203, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2770, forks 605 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.909539+00:00)

## What it is
Illuminate Database is the database toolkit extracted from the Laravel framework, providing an expressive query builder, the Eloquent ActiveRecord-style ORM, and a schema builder. It supports MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, and SQLite and can be used standalone via its Capsule manager.

## Use cases
- use eloquent orm outside laravel
- build sql queries with a fluent query builder in php
- manage database schema migrations programmatically
- connect php app to mysql postgres sqlite or sql server
- add activerecord-style models to a non-laravel project

## When to choose
- you want Laravel's Eloquent ORM or query builder in a standalone PHP project
- you need a mature, well-documented database abstraction with schema builder support
- you are building a Laravel application or package

## When to avoid
- you prefer a lightweight data-mapper ORM like Doctrine
- you need raw performance without abstraction layers
- your project is not PHP

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: orm, database, database-driver
- domain: databases, web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: php, cross-platform
- tags: eloquent, query-builder, schema-builder, laravel, activerecord, mysql, postgres, sqlite, sql-server

## Member repositories
- illuminate/database (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.909539+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 2026-08-30T08:16:40.690554+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/illuminate/database (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.909539+00:00, sha f7f9b33681c7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.