Laravel

Awesome Laravel ¶

A curated list of awesome bookmarks, packages, tutorials, videos and other cool resources from the Laravel ecosystem.

Essentials¶

Packages¶

Popular Packages¶

This is a list of well-documented, tested packages that are frequently used in Laravel projects. If you're looking for an exhaustive list of PHP packages, then check out the Package Repositories mentioned above.

Developer Tools¶

Scaffold Interface - A Smart CRUD Generator For Laravel
IDE Helper - Generates a helper file for IDE auto-completion
Laravel 5 Extended Generators - Extends built-in file generators
Laravel API/Scaffold/CRUD Generator - Generator for APIs, CRUD scaffolds etc.
Laravel Tinx - Reload your Laravel Tinker session from inside Tinker
Laravel API Documentation Generator - Automatically generate your API documentation
Laravel Packager - A CLI tool for creating Laravel packages
Workbench Export to Migrations - Workbench plugin for exporting Models to Laravel migrations
Laravel Decomposer - List all installed packages, their dependencies, app & server details
LaRecipe - Write gorgeous documentations for your products using Markdown inside your Laravel app.
Prequel - A clear and concise database management GUI tweaked for Laravel.

Testing & Debugging¶

Laravel TestTools - Chrome extension to generate Laravel integration tests while using your app
Laravel Test Factory Generator - Generate Laravel test factories from your existing models
Clockwork - Integrates Clockwork Chrome extension for debugging and profiling apps
Debug Bar - Integrates PHP Debug Bar with Laravel
Ignition - A beautiful error page for Laravel apps
Laravel 5 Log Viewer - Log viewer
LogViewer - Provides a log viewer
LERN - Record exceptions into a database and will send you a notification
Mail Preview - Preview sent mail in a web browser or mail client
Laravel Tracy - A Laravel Package to integrate Nette Tracy Debugger
Laravel Terminal - run artisan in a web browser
Laravel API Tester - Postman-like tool with Laravel routes
Laravel Tail - The missing tail command
Laravel Telescope - Laravel Telescope is an elegant debug assistant for the Laravel framework

Authentication & Authorization¶

Bouncer - Roles & Permissions
Laratrust - Roles, Permissions and teams
Entrust - Role-based Permissions
JWT Auth - JSON Web Token authentication for APIs
Laravel Permission - Associate users with roles and permissions
Defender - Roles & Permissions
OAuth2 Server Laravel - OAuth 2.0 authorization server and resource server
Socialite - OAuth authentication with Facebook, Google, Twitter etc.
Socialite Providers 2.0 - 100+ social authentication providers for Socialite with Lumen support
Google2FA - Google Two-Factor Authentication Module
Laravel User Verification - Handle the user verification flow and validate email
Adldap2 Laravel - LDAP authentication and Active Directory management
Doorman - Limit access to your Laravel applications by using invite codes
Laravel Heyman - Heyman continues where the above role-permission packages left off

Utilities¶

Awes.io - boilerplate for CRM, SaaS, ERP based on Vue (Nuxt.js), TailwindCSS plus Laravel as a backend.
Artisan View - Manage the views in Laravel projects via artisan
Bootstrapper - Set of classes to create Bootstrap 3 markup
Captcha - An anti-bot image captcha system
Charts - Multi-library chart package to create interactive charts
Lavacharts - Charts and Graphs for PHP Powered by the Google Chart API
Eloquent Filter - Filter models and their Relationships
Eloquent Sluggable - Create slugs for Eloquent models
Eloquent Sortable - Sortable behaviour for Eloquent models
HTML - HTML and Form Builders for Laravel
Multi-tenant - Flexible multi tenancy with secure separation of routes, assets and databases
Laravel Form Builder - Form builder inspired by Symfony's form builder
Laravel Activitylog - Log activity inside your Laravel app
Laravel Auditing - Audit for Eloquent models
Laravel Breadcrumbs - Create and manage breadcrumbs
Laravel Collection Macros - A set of handy collection macros
Laravel Cookie Consent - Make your Laravel app comply with the crazy EU cookie law
Laravel Datatables - jQuery DataTables API
Laravel GeoIP - Determine the location of website visitors based on their IP addresses
Laravel Hashids - Generate unique, non-sequential ids using Hashids
Laravel Impersonate - A package to authenticate as one of your users
Laravel Mailbox - A package to handle incoming emails
Laravel Markdown - CommonMark markdown parser
Laravel Menu - Html menu generator for Laravel
Laravel Talk - Realtime User messaging system
Laravel Messenger - User messaging system
Laravel Moderation - Approve or reject resources like posts, comments, users, etc.
Laravel Tags - Add tags and taggable behaviour
Laravel Stats Tracker - Gather information from requests to identify and store
Listify - Add sorting/ordering capabilities to any Eloquent model
noCAPTCHA - Helper for Google's new noCAPTCHA (reCAPTCHA)
Purifier - HTML filter
Revisionable - Create a revision history for Eloquent models
SEOTools - Helpers for some common SEO techniques
Page Cache - Caches responses as static files on disk for lightning fast page loads
Laravel Setting - Persistent configuration settings that are stored in JSON files
Friendship - Friendship management system
Teamwork - User to team associations with an invite system
Validating - Trait for validating Eloquent models
VAT Calculator - Handle all the hard stuff related to EU MOSS vat regulations
Laravel UUID - Generate a UUID according to the RFC 4122 standard
Laravel Installer - Allow users to install your application just by following the setup wizard, like WordPress
Laravel Modules - Easy module management
Laravel Phone - Phone number validator and formatter
Laravel Ban - Simplify blocking and banning Eloquent models
Laravel Proxy - Handling sessions when behind load balancers or other intermediaries.
Laravel Video Chat - Video Chat using Socket.IO and WebRTC
Widgets for Laravel - A powerful alternative to view composers.
Secure Headers - Add security related headers to HTTP response
Laravel Nova - Nova is a beautifully designed administration panel for Laravel
stancl/tenancy - Automatic tenancy for your Laravel app. No code changes needed.

Media & Document Management¶

Intervention Image - Image handling library for creating, editing and composing images
Laravel ImageUp - Yet another image manipulation package, adds tons of extra functionality
Laravel Glide - Easily convert images with Glide
Laravel MediaLibrary - Associate files with Eloquent models
Laravel Snappy - HTML to PDF generator using wkhtmltopdf
Laravel DOMPDF - HTML to PDF generator using dompdf
Laravel Stapler - ORM-based file upload manager
Laravel Excel - Import and export Excel and CSV files
Fast Excel - Fast XLSX, CSV and ODT import and export for Laravel
Laravolt Avatar - Plug n play avatar, turn name, email, and any other string into beautiful avatar (or gravatar), effortless.
Laravel FFmpeg - This package provides an integration with FFmpeg for Laravel 5.8.

Integration with Javascript¶

Laroute - Generate Laravel route URLs from JavaScript
PHP Vars to JavaScript Transformer - Pass server-side string/array/collection/whatever to JavaScript
Javascript Validation - Use validation rules, messages, FormRequest and validators to validate forms in client-side
Laravel Pjax - A Pjax middleware
Laravel Blade Javascript - A Blade directive to export variables to JavaScript
Ziggy - Use your Laravel named routes in JavaScript
LiveWire - A magical front-end framework for Laravel

Databases, ORMs, Migrations & Seeding¶

Backup Manager - Backup and restore databases from S3, Dropbox, SFTP etc.
Laravel Nestedset - Nested Sets pattern implementation
ClosureTable - Closure table pattern implementation
Eloquence - Extra features for Eloquent models
iSeed - Generate a new seed file from an existing database table
Laravel OCI8 - Oracle DB driver via OCI8
Laravel Backup - Backup your app
Laravel Doctrine - Doctrine 2 ORM implementation
Laravel MongoDB - Eloquent model and query builder with support for MongoDB
Migrations Generator - Generate migrations from an existing database
Sofa/Eloquence - Extensions for the Eloquent ORM
Tenanti - Multi-tenant database schema manager
Laravel Repository - Repositories to abstract the database layer
Lada Cache - A Redis based, fully automated and scalable database cache layer
Laravel MySQL Spatial extension - easily work with MySQL Spatial Data Types and MySQL Spatial Functions

Search¶

Algolia Search - Integrates the Algolia Search API to the Laravel Eloquent ORM
Elasticquent - Elasticsearch for Eloquent models
Plastic - Fluently mapping and searching Elasticsearch
Laravel Search - Unified API for Elasticsearch, Algolia, and ZendSearch
SearchIndex - Store and retrieve objects from Algolia or Elasticsearch
Searchable - Trait that adds a simple search function to Eloquent models
TNTSearch - A fully featured full text search engine written in PHP
TNTSearch driver - Driver for Laravel Scout search package based on TNTSearch
Laravel-Searchy - Fuzzy search, basic string matching, Levenshtein Distance

APIs¶

ApiGuard - Allow API authentication with API keys
Dingo API - Multi-purpose toolkit for developing RESTful APIs
Laravel CORS - Add CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) headers support
Laravel Fractal - Output complex, flexible, AJAX/RESTful data structures with Fractal
Laravel GraphQL - Supports Relay, eloquent models, validation and GraphiQL
Lighthouse - An up and coming GraphQL library for Laravel
Laravel Responder - Build custom API responses with Fractal

Tasks, Commands and Scheduling¶

Dispatcher - Scheduler for Artisan commands
Elixir - Node (NPM) package to run Gulp tasks
Mix - Fluent API for defining basic webpack build steps
Envoy - SSH Task Runner

Payments¶

Cashier - Subscription billing with Stripe
Omnipay for Laravel - Integrate the Omnipay PHP library

Optimization¶

Intervention Image Cache - Caching extension for the Intervention Image Class
Laravel HTMLMin - Blade/HTML/CSS/javascript minifier
Rememberable - Query caching for Eloquent
Widgetize - Page Partial caching
Laravel Responsecache - Speed up app by caching the entire response

Monitoring¶

Horizon - Monitor and configure queues with a simple web UI
Laravel Failed Job Monitor - Get notified when a queued job fails
Laravel Uptime Monitor - A powerful and easy to configure uptime and ssl monitor
Larametrics - A self-hosted metrics and notifications platform for Laravel apps

Localization¶

Language Files - Validation, Pagination and Reminders language lines in 37 languages
Laravel Localization - Add i18n support via routes
Laravel Translatable - Making Eloquent models translatable by storing translations as JSON
Laravel Translatable - Retrieve and store translatable Eloquent model instances
Laravel Translator - Translate Eloquent models into multiple languages
Laravel Date - A library to help you work with dates in multiple languages, based on Carbon
Laravel Langman - Manage language files from Artisan Console
Laravel Translation - Translation and localization management
Linguist - i18n localization support for Laravel

Third-party Service Integration¶

Laravel Analytics - Retrieve pageviews and other data from Google Analytics
Laravel DigitalOcean - DigitalOceanV2 bridge
Laravel GitHub - PHP GitHub API bridge
Laravel Instagram - Instagram API bridge
Laravel Newsletter - Send newsletters with Mailchimp
Laravel Pusher - Pusher API bridge

Development Setup¶

Homestead - Official Vagrant box for Laravel
Valet - Development environment for Mac users
Valet Linux - Development environment for Linux users
LaraDock - Run Laravel on Docker (Like Homestead but for Docker instead of Vagrant)
LaraEdit Docker - Homestead environment in a single Docker container
Laragon - Isolated development environment on Windows
Stacker - The environment for local web development on Docker
Devilbox - A dockerized and general-purpose LAMP/MEAN stack for every PHP version
Vessel - Simple Docker development environments for Laravel
Lando - A local development environment tool built on Docker

Application Hosting¶

Application Deployment¶

Deployer - A deployment tool with support for Laravel out of the box
Envoyer - Zero down-time Deployer for PHP & Laravel projects
Rocketeer - Task runner and deployment package

Code Snippets¶

Tutorials & Blogs¶

Videos¶

Conferences¶

Videos¶

Books¶

Laravel Starter by Shawn McCool
Laravel: Code Happy by Dayle Rees
Laravel: Code Bright by Dayle Rees
Laravel: Code Smart by Dayle Rees
Laravel: From Apprentice To Artisan by Taylor Otwell
Laravel 4 Cookbook by Christopher Pitt and Taylor Otwell
Laravel Testing Decoded by Jeffrey Way
Refactoring to Collections by Adam Wathan
Implementing Laravel by Chris Fidao
Getting Stuff Done with Laravel 4 by Chuck Heintzelman
Laravel Application Development Blueprints by Arda Kılıçdağı and Halil İbrahim Yılmaz
Build APIs You Won't Hate by Phil Sturgeon
Integrating Front end Components with Web Applications by Maksim Surguy
Laravel Design Patterns and Best Practices by Arda Kılıçdağı and Halil İbrahim Yılmaz
Learning Laravel 4 Application Development by Hardik Dangar
Getting Started with Laravel 4 by Raphaël Saunier
Laravel Application Development Cookbook by Terry Matula
Building Web Applications Using Parse REST API by Mhd Zaher Ghaibeh
Laravel - My First Framework by Maksim Surguy
Easy Laravel 5 by W. Jason Gilmore
Laravel 5 Essentials by Martin Bean
Easy E-Commerce Using Laravel and Stripe by W. Jason Gilmore and Eric L. Barnes
Laravel 5.1 Beauty by Chuck Heintzelman
Design Patterns with PHP and Laravel by Kelt Dockins
Mastering Laravel by Christopher John Pecoraro
How to Build Real-Time Laravel Apps with Pusher by Pusher
Learning Laravel's Eloquent by Francesco Malatesta
Laravel 5 Learn Easy by Sanjib Sinha
Laravel and AngularJS by Daniel Schmitz and Daniel Pedrinha Georgii
Laravel Collections Unraveled by Jeff Madsen
Writing APIs With Lumen by Paul Redmond
The Laravel Survival Guide by Tony Lea
Laraboot: Laravel 5 For Beginners by Bill Keck
Laravel 5.4 For Beginners by Bill Keck
Laravel Up & Running by Matt Stauffer
Laravel Companion by Johnathon Koster
Deploy Laravel on AWS with CloudFormation by Lionel Martin
React Native and Laravel for Future Mobile Development by Ega Radiegtya
Servers for Hackers by Chris Fidao
Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5 by Anthony Gore
Build an API with Laravel by Wacky Studio

Starter Projects¶

Codebases for Reference¶

Cachet - Status page system for websites and APIs
Deployer - Application deployment system
GitScrum - Task management with Git and Scrum
Invoice Ninja - Invoicing, expenses, & time-tracking application
Koel - Personal music streaming server
Laravel.io - Source for the Laravel.io Community Portal
Attendize - Ticket selling and event management platform
Antvel - Ecommerce platform
Jigsaw - Static site generator
Canvas - A Laravel Publishing Platform
Vuedo - Vuedo is blog platform, built with Laravel and Vue.js
Screeenly - Create website screenshots through an API
Voten - A real-time social bookmarking for the 21^st century
Monica - Personal relationship management system
Snipe-IT - IT asset/license management system
Akaunting - Accounting software for small businesses and freelancers
Torch - Examples of using each Illuminate component in non-Laravel applications
Pixelfed - A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation
OctoberCMS
SleepingOwlAdmin
PyroCMS
Lavalite
TypiCMS
Asgard CMS
Microweber
Coaster CMS
Statamic
Borgert CMS
PJ Blog
Laralum
Twill

Podcasts¶

Community¶

Local User Groups¶

Laravel Global Community
LaravelES Slack (Signup)
Laravel India, Slack Signup, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube
Laravel UK, Slack Signup
Laravel Russia (VK group)
Laravel France
Laravel Bangladesh
Laravel Indonesia (Facebook, Telegram)
Laravel Brasil (Facebook, Slack, Telegram, GitHub, Discord)
Laravel Turkey (Facebook)
Laravel Nigeria (Facebook)
Laravel China
Laravel Taiwan (Facebook)
Laravel Spanish
Laravel Korea (Facebook)
Laravel Japan (Facebook)
Laravel Malaysia
Laravel Algeria
Laravel Greece (Facebook)
Laravel Middle East (Facebook)
Laravel Georgia
Laravel Italy
Laravel Vietnam
Laravel Slovenia
Laravel Hungary
Laravel Cameroon (Slack, GitHub, Facebook, Twitter)
Laravel Philippines

Meetups¶

Jobs¶

Hosted Development Tools¶

Laravel Shift - Automated upgrade tool for Laravel projects
Laravel Schema Designer - Create, export and share database schemas
StyleCI - PHP Coding Style Service

Miscellaneous¶

CodeCanyon - Paid scripts and plugins
Laravel Collections - Every Laravel Developers Goto Resource Site
LaravelLinks - A Telegram Channel dedicated to sharing great Laravel Resources

Contributing¶

Found an awesome package, blog, course or video? Send me a pull request!

Guidelines¶

Please make an individual pull request for each suggestion
Make sure the Travis tests pass on your pull request
Use the following format for links: [Resource] $URL$
Want to suggest a package? Read the Contribution Guide
New categories or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome

License¶

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