# Eloquent (illuminate/database)

PHP database toolkit with a query builder, an ActiveRecord-style ORM and a schema builder, distributed as the database component of Laravel.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/eloquent/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/illuminate/database
- docs: https://laravel.com/framework/docs/eloquent

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Laravel
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: laravel

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql, postgres, sqlserver, sqlite
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 13
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2774
- packagistDownloads: 58612233
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 1301340
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 29173
- dependentPackages: 7980

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://laravel.com/framework/docs/eloquent (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://github.com/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- basedOn: https://github.com/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://github.com/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/illuminate/database.json (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/illuminate/database.json (read 2026-10-19)
- databases: https://github.com/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/illuminate/database.json (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/illuminate/database.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/illuminate/database.json (read 2026-10-19)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/illuminate/database.json (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/illuminate/database (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/illuminate%2Fdatabase (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/illuminate%2Fdatabase (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/illuminate/database/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Eloquent is the ActiveRecord-style ORM inside illuminate/database, a PHP database toolkit that also provides a query builder and a schema builder and serves as the database layer of Laravel. The package can also run outside the framework through its Capsule helper, which its readme describes. The [Eloquent documentation](https://laravel.com/framework/docs/eloquent) in the Laravel docs describes how the ORM behaves.

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