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title: "There's no artisan schema:show, so I built one"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-no-artisan-schema-show-so-i-built-one-jxodfs8j7
source_url: https://freek.dev/3168-theres-no-artisan-schemashow-so-i-built-one
type: article
source: "FREEK.DEV"
published: 2026-07-24T12:42:09.126Z
updated: 2026-07-25T08:17:27.399Z
tags: ["php", "laravel"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 10
comments: 4
language: en
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# There's no artisan schema:show, so I built one

**[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 10 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

A new Laravel package called Truss adds a missing artisan command that generates a live, zoomable ER diagram of your app's actual database schema. It reads only structure, never row data, making it safe to run in production environments.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://freek.dev/3168-theres-no-artisan-schemashow-so-i-built-one>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@hedderwick** · 0 upvotes

> This looks like it would be seriously useful, especially if taking over a project.

**@shaikhnaasir** · 0 upvotes

> intresting!! i will definately try

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