# LaravelCollective/html

HTML and Form Builders for the Laravel Framework

Repository: https://github.com/LaravelCollective/html
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravelcollective-html
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-16T12:39:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4227, "days_push": 778, "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 4083, forks 992 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:34.463388+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP library providing HTML and form builder helpers for the Laravel framework, allowing developers to generate forms, inputs, and HTML elements programmatically in Blade templates. The package has been retired and is no longer actively maintained.

## Use cases
- generate HTML forms in Laravel Blade templates
- build form inputs with old-value repopulation
- create select dropdowns and checkboxes programmatically
- open and close form tags with CSRF token injection
- generate HTML elements with fluent PHP syntax

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Laravel application that already depends on this package
- working on an older Laravel version where the package is the standard form builder

## When to avoid
- starting a new Laravel project - the package is retired
- using modern Laravel versions with Blade components
- you want an actively maintained alternative like Spatie's Laravel HTML

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, form-handling, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: laravel, html-builder, form-builder, blade, retired-package

## Member repositories
- LaravelCollective/html (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.463388+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 2026-08-29T18:23:24.486381+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LaravelCollective/html (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:34.463388+00:00, sha e89963092976)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.