EasyERD

A Laravel package to generate ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) diagrams from your models and migrations.

Features

• Generate ERD diagrams from Laravel models and migrations
• Output in multiple formats (PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG)
• Text-based ERD representation
• Configurable table styles and relationships
• Exclude specific tables from diagrams
• Customizable output paths
• Dark mode support
• High-resolution image settings
• Grid-friendly layout options

Installation

composer require dgtlss/easyerd

Usage

Generate ERD

php artisan easyerd:generate

Options

• --type: Type of ERD to generate (image, text, both) - Default: both
• --output: Custom output path for the ERD files
• --format: Image format (pdf, png, svg, jpg) - Default: pdf

Examples

# Generate both image and text ERD
php artisan easyerd:generate

# Generate only image ERD in SVG format
php artisan easyerd:generate --type=image --format=svg

# Generate only image ERD in PDF format
php artisan easyerd:generate --type=image --format=pdf

# Generate only text ERD with custom output path
php artisan easyerd:generate --type=text --output=/path/to/output

# Generate ERD with custom output and format
php artisan easyerd:generate --output=/custom/path --format=jpg

# Generate ERD in PDF format with high resolution
php artisan easyerd:generate --format=pdf

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Dgtlss\EasyErd\EasyErdServiceProvider"

This will create config/easyerd.php with the following options:

return [
    'output_path' => storage_path('app/erd'),
    
    'image_format' => 'pdf',
    
    'include_models' => true,
    
    'include_migrations' => true,
    
    'graphviz_path' => 'dot',
    
    'orthogonal_splines' => false,
    
    'grid_splines' => 'spline', // Grid-friendly curves
    
    'dark_mode' => false,
    
    // New high-resolution settings
    'image_width' => 4000,
    
    'image_height' => 3000,
    
    'dpi' => 600,
    
    'font_size' => 11, // Slightly smaller for grid
    
    'nodesep' => 3.0, // Wider spacing for grid
    
    'ranksep' => 2.8, // Compact vertical for grid,
    
    'table_styles' => [
        'primary_key' => 'bgcolor="lightyellow"',
        'foreign_key' => 'bgcolor="lightpink"',
        'regular_column' => '',
    ],
    
    'dark_table_styles' => [
        'primary_key' => 'bgcolor="#2d3748"',
        'foreign_key' => 'bgcolor="#4a5568"',
        'regular_column' => '',
        'header_bg' => 'bgcolor="#1a202c"',
        'header_text' => 'color="white"',
        'cell_bg' => 'bgcolor="#2d3748"',
        'cell_text' => 'color="white"',
        'border' => 'color="#4a5568"',
    ],
    
    'excluded_tables' => [
        //
    ],
    
    'relationship_types' => [
        'belongs_to' => '->',
        'has_many' => '<-',
        'has_one' => '<-',
        'belongs_to_many' => '<->',
    ],
];

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• Laravel 11.0 or 12.0
• Graphviz (for image generation)

Installing Graphviz

macOS:

brew install graphviz

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install graphviz

Windows: Download from Graphviz official website