cable8mm/xeed

Xeed generates new model, seed, Nova resources, database seed, factory and migration files for Laravel & Nova based on data from the existing database table.

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Package info

github.com/cable8mm/xeed

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pkg:composer/cable8mm/xeed

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v2.0.2 2026-06-27 17:10 UTC

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Xeed generates new model, seed, Nova resources, database seed, factory and migration files for Laravel & Nova based on data from the existing database table.

Why Xeed?

Laravel already has migrations and factories, but:

  • It cannot reverse-engineer existing databases
  • It is repetitive for legacy projects
  • Nova resources are manual and slow to maintain

Xeed solves this by generating everything from your real schema.

Tip

It can function as both php artisan xeed:* commands for Laravel & Nova providing 100% identical functionality. Therefore, you can use it within your own Laravel & Nova project.

We have provided the API Documentation on the web. For more information, please visit https://www.palgle.com/xeed/ ❤️

Features

  • Database testing is supported
  • Generate models for Laravel
  • Generate seed files for Laravel
  • Generate Nova resources files for Laravel Nova
  • Generate database seed files for Laravel
  • Generate factories for Laravel
  • Generate migrations for Laravel
  • Generate belongsTo and hasMany relationships functions for Laravel
  • Laravel multi & reserved columns supported
  • Laravel integration
  • MySQL, SQLite and PostgreSQL supported

Support & Tested

MySQL Supported SQLite Supported PostgreSQL Supported PHP 8.2.0+ Supported PHP 8.3.0+ Supported PHP 8.4.0+ Supported PHP 8.5.0+ Supported

Preview

Preview

Installation

composer require cable8mm/xeed --dev

Usage

All commands use the current database connection to generate files automatically.

Global options:

-f Force overwrite existing files

Generators

Models:

# Generate all models from database in `app/Models` folder
php artisan xeed:model

php artisan xeed:model -f

Factories:

# Generate all factories from database in `database/factories' folder
php artisan xeed:factory

Seeders:

# Generate all seeds from database in `database/seeders` folder
php artisan xeed:seeder

# Generate all seeds from database in `database/seeders` folder
php artisan xeed:faker-seeder

Migrations:

# Generate a database seed from database in `database/seeders` folder
php artisan xeed:database

Migrations:

# Generate all migrations from database in `database/migrations' folder
php artisan xeed:migration

Relations:

xeed:relation updates existing models, so generate models first if they do not already exist.

# Add relation functions to existing models in `app/Models` folder
php artisan xeed:relation

# Force overwrite existing model files while adding relation functions
php artisan xeed:relation -f

Nova:

# Add the Laravel Nova resources to all tables in `app/Nova` folder
php artisan xeed:nova

Cleanup:

# Clean generated files, seeders, models, factories and migration files.
php artisan xeed:wipe

Formatting

# Modify all files to comply with the PSR-12.
composer lint

# Inspect all files to ensure compliance with PSR-12.
composer inspect

Testing

Xeed uses an isolated SQLite database during tests, ensuring your real database is never affected. The test bootstrap recreates tests/Generate/database.sqlite when needed and loads the xeeds table automatically from database/xeeds.sqlite.sql.

# Run `vendor/bin/testbench package:test tests`
composer testpack
# Run `vendor/bin/phpunit tests`
composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

The below can help you contribute.

The Xeed has a built-in SQLite database, allowing you to contribute easily without needing your own database. Simply create a new file for testing purposes and utilize it. You do not need to commit tests/Generate/database.sqlite; the test bootstrap recreates it automatically when you run the test suite.

# Create a new empty file for SQLite database
touch tests/Generate/database.sqlite

And then,

# Run tests
composer test

Database seeds

For migrations and factories, when you need to execute tests for all database field types, utilize the following command.

# Import an 'xeeds' Table into the Database
php artisan xeed

# Drop the 'xeeds' Table from the Database
php artisan xeed drop

Utilize migration files for all database field types by referring to the following location database/*.sql these files are saved in the specified folder.

Use testorchestral/testbench

You can utilize testorchestral/testbench to execute tests. When running Laravel commands, the generated files are saved in the vendor/orchestra/testbench-core/laravel/database folder.

Resources

Laravel columns description for mysql:

Available Column Types Field Type Null Key Default Extra
id() id bigint unsigned NO PRI auto_increment
bigInteger('big_integer') big_integer bigint NO
binary('binary') binary blob NO
boolean('boolean') boolean tinyint(1) NO
char('char', length: 100) char char(100) NO
dateTimeTz('date_time_tz', precision: 0) date_time_tz datetime NO
dateTime('date_time', precision: 0) date_time datetime NO
date('date') date date NO
decimal('decimal', total: 8, places: 2) decimal decimal(8,2) NO
double('double') double double NO
enum('enum', ['easy', 'hard']) enum enum('easy','hard') NO
float('float', precision: 53) float double NO
foreignId('foreign_id') foreign_id bigint unsigned NO
foreignUlid('foreign_ulid') foreign_ulid char(26) NO
foreignUuid('foreign_uuid') foreign_uuid char(36) NO
geometry('geometry', subtype: 'point', srid: 0) geometry point NO
integer('integer') integer int NO
ipAddress('ip_address') ip_address varchar(45) NO
json('json') json json NO
jsonb('jsonb') jsonb json NO
longText('long_text') long_text longtext NO
macAddress('mac_address') mac_address varchar(17) NO
mediumInteger('medium_integer') medium_integer mediumint NO
mediumText('medium_text') medium_text mediumtext NO
morphs('morph') morph_type varchar(255) NO MUL
Ditto make 2 fields morph_id bigint unsigned NO
nullableTimestamps(precision: 0) created_at timestamp YES
Ditto make 2 fields updated_at timestamp YES
nullableMorphs('nullable_morph') nullable_morph_type varchar(255) YES MUL
Ditto make 2 fields nullable_morph_id bigint unsigned YES
nullableUlidMorphs('nullable_ulid_morph') nullable_ulid_morph_type varchar(255) YES MUL
Ditto make 2 fields nullable_ulid_morph_id char(26) YES
nullableUuidMorphs('nullable_uuid_morph') nullable_uuid_morph_type varchar(255) YES MUL
Ditto make 2 fields nullable_uuid_morph_id char(36) YES
rememberToken() remember_token varchar(100) YES
set('set', ['strawberry', 'vanilla']) set set('strawberry','vanilla') NO
smallInteger('small_integer') small_integer smallint NO
softDeletesTz('soft_delete_tz', precision: 0) soft_delete_tz timestamp YES
softDeletes('soft_delete', precision: 0) soft_delete timestamp YES
string('string', length: 100) string varchar(100) NO
text('text') text text NO
time('time_tz', 0) time_tz time NO
time('time', 0) time time NO
timestampTz('timestamp_tz', precision: 0) timestamp_tz timestamp NO
timestamp('timestamp', precision: 0) timestamp timestamp NO
tinyInteger('tiny_integer') tiny_integer tinyint NO
tinyText('tiny_text') tiny_text tinytext NO
unsignedBigInteger('unsigned_big_integer') unsigned_big_integer bigint unsigned NO
unsignedInteger('unsigned_integer') unsigned_integer int unsigned NO
unsignedMediumInteger('unsigned_medium_integer') unsigned_medium_integer mediumint unsigned NO
unsignedSmallInteger('unsigned_small_integer') unsigned_small_integer smallint unsigned NO
unsignedTinyInteger('unsigned_tiny_integer') unsigned_tiny_integer tinyint unsigned NO
ulidMorphs('ulid_morph') ulid_morph_type varchar(255) NO MUL
Ditto make 2 fields ulid_morph_id char(26) NO
uuidMorphs('uuid_morph') uuid_morph_type varchar(255) NO MUL
Ditto make 2 fields uuid_morph_id char(36) NO
ulid('ulid') ulid char(26) NO
uuid('uuid') uuid char(36) NO
year('year') year year NO

Code of Conduct

In order to ensure that the community is welcoming to all, please review and abide by the CODE OF CONDUCT.

Credits

License

The Xeed project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.