👻 GhostNotes - Transform Code Comments into a Dev Diary

GhostNotes is a powerful Laravel utility that scans your codebase for hidden tags like @ghost, @todo, or @fixme and compiles them into a beautiful, organized developer diary, multi-format reports, and a modern Web Dashboard.

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Advanced Tag Scanning: Automatically finds @ghost, @todo, @fixme, and @note with optional Priority Levels (high|medium|low).
• 🎨 Modern Dashboard: A sleek, Tailwind-powered dashboard with Search, Priority Badges, and Source Code Snippets.
• 📊 Multi-Format Export: Export your dev-diary into Markdown, JSON, or CSV (Excel compatible).
• 🏆 Resolved Graveyard: Track resolved notes in the "Resolved Ghosts" history after clearing them from your code.
• 🚀 VS Code & GitHub Integration: Open files directly in VS Code from the dashboard or view them on GitHub with line-specific links.
• 👤 Git Context: Automatically identifies the author using git blame.
• 🧹 Code Cleanup: Use the --clear flag to safely remove tags from source code once they are logged.
• 🔒 Safe for Devs: Dashboard and routes are automatically disabled in production.

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🚀 Installation

Install the package via composer:

composer require iamsabbiralam/ghost-notes

Set up everything with a single command:

php artisan ghost:install

This command publishes the config file and prepares the internal storage.

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🛠 Usage

1. Adding Tags in Code You can now add priority levels to your tags:

// @ghost:high: Fix this critical security vulnerability
// @todo:medium: Implement the user profile update logic
// @fixme:low: Minor alignment issue on the footer
// @note: This is a general architectural note

2. Generating the Diary Run the command to scan files and update the dashboard cache:

php artisan ghost:write

3. Exporting Reports Generate reports in your preferred format:

php artisan ghost:write --format=markdown
php artisan ghost:write --format=json
php artisan ghost:write --format=csv

4. Clearing and Archiving Log the notes to the Resolved History and remove them from your code:

php artisan ghost:write --clear

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🖥 Web Dashboard

Visit the interactive dashboard at: http://your-app.test/ghost-notes

In the Dashboard you can:

• 🔍 Search through notes by author, message, or file name.
• 🖱️ One-click Open files directly in VS Code.
• 📦 Download reports as CSV, JSON, or Markdown.
• 🖨️ Print a clean PDF report of your technical debt.
• 📜 View History of all resolved/cleared notes.

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⚙️ Configuration

The configuration file (config/ghost-notes.php) allows you to customize:

return [
    'tags' => ['@ghost', '@todo', '@fixme', '@note'],
    'filename' => 'GHOST_LOG.md',
    'ignore_folders' => ['vendor', 'node_modules', 'storage', 'tests'],
    'git_context' => true,
    'repo_url' => env('GHOST_NOTES_REPO_URL', ''), // Auto-detected if empty
    'default_branch' => 'main',
];

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

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📄 License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

Developed by Sabbir Alam