Laravel’s ecosystem continues to expand with tools that help developers streamline their workflows, enforce best practices, and improve application reliability. Recently, several new packages have been released by me that deserve attention. These tools cover everything from enum generation to service layer scaffolding, logging, and application health monitoring.
Let us take a closer look at some of the most useful new additions.
Dynamic Enum Generator
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Enums are a powerful feature introduced in PHP 8.1, allowing developers to represent constant sets of values in a type-safe way. Instead of hardcoding string values such as status or role, you can now leverage enums to improve clarity and maintainability.
Dynamic Enum Generator automatically generates enums directly from your database columns.
Features
- Works with any table and column
- Automatically creates directories if missing
- Generates native PHP 8.1+ enums
- Ideal for fields such as status, role, and type
This package saves time and reduces bugs by keeping your enums synchronised with your database.
Laravel Model Service
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Laravel’s make:model command is already a valuable productivity tool. However, for those who prefer to follow a service-oriented architecture, the Laravel Model Service package provides an extension to automatically generate service classes alongside models.
By using the -S flag or --service option, you can scaffold a corresponding service class that integrates seamlessly with your models, migrations, and controllers.
Features
- Compatible with Laravel 10, 11, and 12
- PSR-4 compliant service generation
- Works with all existing make:model options
- Generates a service class alongside model, migration, and controller
This is particularly useful for projects adopting the service layer pattern to keep business logic clean and separate from controllers.
Logging
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Application logging is essential, but default log files can quickly become cluttered and difficult to search. The Logging package offers structured, database-backed logging with helper methods to make recording actions straightforward.
Features
- Action logging: log predefined or custom actions with optional metadata
- User relationships: track both the acting user (
logged_in_user_id) and any related user (related_to_user_id) - Structured data: store additional information as JSON
- Predefined actions: includes common events such as login, logout, and user creation
This package is ideal for building audit trails, compliance reports, or maintaining a searchable record of important system events.
Prevent Destructive Commands
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Accidentally running a destructive command in production can be catastrophic. The Prevent Destructive Commands package provides an additional layer of safety by disabling dangerous Artisan commands when the application is in production.
Features
Prevents destructive commands in production, including:
migrate:fresh(drops all tables)migrate:reset(rolls back all migrations)migrate:rollback(rolls back a batch)db:wipe(drops all databases)
In non-production environments these commands continue to function as expected.
Health Status
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Monitoring the health of your application is vital, particularly in production. The Health Status package provides a simple yet effective way to track essential metrics and ensure your Laravel application is running smoothly.
Features
- Database connection and latency checks
- Ping monitoring for external hosts
- Queue health and size monitoring
- Cron heartbeat to verify scheduled jobs are running
- Disk space monitoring
This package acts as a lightweight monitoring system within your Laravel application, offering visibility without the need for third-party services.
Explore More
In addition to the packages above, I’ve created several other useful Laravel tools, all available on Packagist. Whether you are looking to improve developer workflows, increase application safety, or enhance observability, these packages provide well-structured and practical solutions.
Final Thoughts
The Laravel ecosystem is centred on developer happiness and productivity, and these packages align perfectly with that mission. From generating enums dynamically to enforcing safer workflows and monitoring application health, they each address real-world challenges with elegant solutions.
If you are working with Laravel 10 or newer, many of these packages can be integrated straightaway to save time, prevent mistakes, and improve maintainability.
You can browse the full list on Packagist and begin experimenting with them in your own projects.