# laracasts/Laravel-5-Generators-Extended

This package extends the core file generators that are included with Laravel 5

Repository: https://github.com/laracasts/Laravel-5-Generators-Extended
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-5-generators-extended
Homepage: https://laracasts.com/lessons/faster-workflow-with-generators
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-03T13:38:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4207, "days_push": 882, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2420, forks 343 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.506025+00:00)

## What it is
A Laravel package that extends the framework's built-in artisan file generators with schema-aware migration commands. It lets developers define migration columns inline (e.g. make:migration:schema with a --schema flag) and generate pivot table migrations without hand-editing files.

## Use cases
- generate laravel migrations from a schema string
- create pivot table migrations quickly
- scaffold database tables without editing migration files
- speed up laravel database schema workflow
- add foreign key constraints when generating migrations
- bootstrap laravel models and migrations together

## When to choose
- you build Laravel 5-9 apps and want faster migration scaffolding
- you frequently create simple tables or pivot tables and want to skip manual file editing
- you want a lightweight dev-only composer package

## When to avoid
- you use Laravel 10+ where newer generator tools may be better supported
- you need complex migrations with custom logic beyond simple column definitions
- you don't use Laravel or PHP

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, database
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, databases
- platform: php, cli
- tags: laravel, artisan, migrations, schema-generation, pivot-tables, composer-package, code-generation, command-line

## Member repositories
- laracasts/Laravel-5-Generators-Extended (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.506025+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 2026-08-30T02:33:05.072860+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laracasts/Laravel-5-Generators-Extended (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.506025+00:00, sha b471af241167)
  - homepage: https://laracasts.com/lessons/faster-workflow-with-generators (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.597098+00:00, sha 2b3297037d20)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-from-scratch-2026 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.619842+00:00, sha a106c6ff94cf)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/leveraging-ai-for-laravel-development (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.606891+00:00, sha b42bbcc09a2d)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/practical-typescript-in-laravel (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.608762+00:00, sha d13aff203c48)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/everything-new-in-livewire-4 (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.610679+00:00, sha fbb1d386f41d)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/react-the-laravel-way (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.612498+00:00, sha aadc36b6094c)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-forge (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.614421+00:00, sha 0a271b98f4e3)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/blaze-deep-dive (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.616176+00:00, sha df9433448f1e)
  - site_page: https://laracasts.com/series/customizing-filament-for-user-facing-apps (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:37.617936+00:00, sha 9d0a33c4bb9c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.