# orangehill/iseed

Laravel Inverse Seed Generator

Repository: https://github.com/orangehill/iseed
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iseed
Language: PHP
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-24T08:59:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4795, "days_push": 70, "days_rel": 70, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2897, forks 388 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:28.778159+00:00)

## What it is
iSeed is a Laravel package that generates database seed files from existing database table data via an Artisan command. It supports Laravel 8 through 13 and can create seeders for one, several, or all tables.

## Use cases
- generate laravel seeders from existing database data
- reverse engineer database seed files
- create seed files for all tables in a laravel app
- share database fixtures between environments
- snapshot production data into seeders for local development

## When to choose
- you maintain a Laravel application and need seeders reflecting current database contents
- you want to quickly bootstrap test or staging data from a live database

## When to avoid
- you are not using Laravel or PHP
- you need seed generation for non-relational databases

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: database, data-generation, cli, developer-tools
- domain: databases, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: php, cli, cross-platform
- tags: laravel, database-seeding, artisan-command, seed-generator, composer-package, automation

## Member repositories
- orangehill/iseed (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.778159+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 2026-08-30T07:35:14.738655+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/orangehill/iseed (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:28.778159+00:00, sha 0a92281bcd8c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.