# spatie/eloquent-sortable

Sortable behaviour for Eloquent models

Repository: https://github.com/spatie/eloquent-sortable
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eloquent-sortable
Homepage: https://spatie.be/open-source/packages
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, php, eloquent, sort, trait
Last push: 2026-06-26T09:42:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 59, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4432, "days_push": 68, "days_rel": 193, "gap_med": 69.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1518, forks 138 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:57.480254+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP package by Spatie that adds sortable behaviour to Laravel Eloquent models via a trait. It maintains an order column on records and provides a query scope to fetch records in the correct order.

## Use cases
- make eloquent models sortable with drag-and-drop ordering
- maintain an order column for laravel model records
- fetch records in a custom sort order in laravel
- reorder database rows in a laravel app
- add sort position to eloquent models automatically

## When to choose
- you use Laravel Eloquent and need ordered records
- you want a simple trait-based solution for model ordering
- you need a query scope to retrieve models in sort order

## When to avoid
- you don't use Laravel or Eloquent
- you need complex nested or tree-based ordering
- you need frontend drag-and-drop UI (this only handles the backend ordering)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: orm
- domain: web-development, backend, databases
- platform: php
- tags: eloquent, sortable, trait, laravel-package, ordering, laravel

## Member repositories
- spatie/eloquent-sortable (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.480254+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 2026-08-30T04:32:02.450328+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spatie/eloquent-sortable (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.480254+00:00, sha 7d819dc495de)
  - homepage: https://spatie.be/open-source/packages (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:18.165275+00:00, sha 4eb3ecc7f3dd)
  - site_page: https://spatie.be/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:18.175243+00:00, sha 08e024d86d95)
  - site_page: https://spatie.be/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:18.177219+00:00, sha d3cb88e4b34c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.