Package suggestion: wddyousuf/eloquent-autocache — self-invalidating Eloquent query caching on any cache store

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Package: wddyousuf/eloquent-autocache (Packagist)

Category suggestion: Database / Caching

What it does: Automatic, self-invalidating query caching for Eloquent models. Add one Cacheable trait and read queries are cached transparently; any write flushes the model's cache automatically.

What makes it different from existing caching packages:

• Works on any cache store — uses cache tags when the store supports them and falls back to a per-model version counter on file, database, array, etc. No Redis/Memcached requirement.
• Catches every write path — invalidation hooks the query-builder layer rather than model events, so bulk where()->update(), raw insert/upsert/insertUsing, joined updates, and saveQuietly() all flush correctly.
• Row-level find($id) caching that survives writes to other rows.
• Stale-while-revalidate (Laravel 11+), stampede locks, TTL jitter, and a result-size guard.
• AutoCache::fake() testing double with flush/hit/miss assertions.
• Auto or opt-in modes, globally or per model.

Supports: PHP 8.1+, Laravel 10/11/12. MIT licensed, CI matrix across PHP 8.1–8.3 × Laravel 10–12.

Full disclosure: I'm the author — the package is new (first release this week), so I understand if you'd prefer to revisit it once it's proven itself. The README includes an honest comparison table with laravel-model-caching, eloquent-query-cache, and lada-cache. Thanks for maintaining the directory! 💙