Public sample. This is an analysis of the open-source repository laravel/framework. Generated April 2026.
laravel/framework
Laravel — Technical debt report
The PHP web application framework. A decade of history, thousands of contributors, one of the most active Git histories on GitHub.
Health score
84/100
Firefighting
€12,400
per month
Debt servicing
€7,800
per month
Recovery
€58,000
one-time
AI narrative
Laravel's codebase demonstrates exceptional maintenance discipline. With 84/100, it ranks in the top 10% of long-running frameworks DebtLens has analyzed. The primary attention area is temporal coupling between the Eloquent Builder and related query components — expected for an ORM, but worth monitoring. AI Governance sits at 65/100: an increasing share of recent commits shows AI-assist signatures, and merge discipline around those remains strong. Recovery estimate assumes focused refactoring of the top three hotspots over one quarter.
Eight-dimensional health profile
Top hotspots
| File | Changes (6mo) | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|
| src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php | 312 | €1,850/mo |
| src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php | 248 | €1,450/mo |
| src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php | 194 | €1,120/mo |
| src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php | 167 | €980/mo |
| src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php | 143 | €840/mo |
This report is a public illustration. Cost estimates assume a team of 10 developers at €450/day.