Laravel Decomposer, a laravel package to get a list of installed packages and dependencies in your Laravel app, along with their version numbers, in a neat, simple way, just by the hit of a single route.
You might be thinking the same can be achieved by typing a composer command, right? But here’s what you actually need to do to type that composer command:
- Open terminal
- Log in to the server
- Oops! I forgot the server credentials.
- Go back to notes & copy the credentials
- Back to the terminal & complete logging in
- Browse to the project directory
- Type the long composer command
- Made a typo, Correct & retype again
And you just get a not-so-pleasant-looking list in the terminal of just the installed packages. With Laravel Decomposer, this cuts down to just a single step:
- Go to your project route you configured & done!
You get a simple, neat, straight-to-the-point list of all the installed packages as well as their dependencies, too & with their version numbers as well 🙂
This package also aims to solve the following hassles during the development of a Laravel project & maintaining it while it’s up & live in the production environment:
- To see the list of all installed packages in the Laravel app directly from the browser
- To have the log of each dependency of those packages
- It can also help you in other ways like suppose you have a package installed that is using illuminate/support v5.1, and an another package using illuminate/support v5.3, so getting these facts quickly by just hitting to a route can make you aware of possible instability and you can report that to the respective package developer
This is the initial version, which will be improved actively. You can have a look at the Roadmap. If you have any suggestions for code improvements, new features, or enhancements, feel free to drop the suggestion or PR at our GitHub repo so you, we, or any open source believer can start working on it or you can also reach out to our twitter @lubusIN?anytime 🙂
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