jeremykenedy / laravel-seedster
Register and run Laravel database seeds from packages. Fork of eklundkristoffer/seedster with Laravel 13+ support.
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Requires
- php: ^8.2
- illuminate/console: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0|^13.0
- illuminate/database: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0|^13.0
- illuminate/support: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0|^13.0
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Last update: 2026-04-02 10:26:35 UTC
README
A drop-in replacement for eklundkristoffer/seedster with full Laravel 13 support.
Seedster provides an Artisan command to generate database seeders from existing database records, making it easy to capture the current state of your database as seed files.
Table of Contents
Features
- Generate seeders from existing database records
- Support for all Laravel-supported database drivers
- Configurable table selection and filtering
- Drop-in replacement for eklundkristoffer/seedster
- Full compatibility with Laravel 13
Installation
composer require jeremykenedy/laravel-seedster
The service provider is auto-discovered. No manual registration needed.
Publish Configuration
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=seedster-config
Usage
Generate a Seeder
# Generate a seeder for a specific table php artisan seedster:generate users # Generate seeders for all tables php artisan seedster:generate --all # Specify output path php artisan seedster:generate users --path=database/seeders
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
--all |
Generate seeders for all tables |
--path |
Custom output path for generated seeders |
--chunk |
Number of records per insert chunk (default: 50) |
--force |
Overwrite existing seeder files |
Configuration
After publishing the config file, you can customize settings in config/seedster.php:
path- Default output path for generated seederschunk_size- Default chunk size for insert statementsexcluded_tables- Tables to skip when using--all
Testing
composer test
License
The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE for more information.