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justchr1s/starter-kit
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A modern Laravel starter kit with pre-configured tools for development, testing, linting, and refactoring to kickstart your projects quickly.

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Laravel Starter Kit
===================

[](#laravel-starter-kit)

A modern Laravel 12 starter kit with pre-configured development tooling for building production-ready applications.

[![Laravel](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5b99ec644e12357132ddb95970822afd67efedef92fcccb6270926adebd8b101/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c61726176656c2d31322e782d726564)](https://laravel.com)[![PHP](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7d8bce3c50835bb31a0a0375c5e6dc9ac4dd377735e76ab70f5cb851ce835235/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d382e342b2d626c7565)](https://php.net)[![Tests](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/01c164b6cd52b1e7c0583943f363d07cd229cc5a1cbb68ab6b0f3f4502d842b6/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f54657374732d506573742d627269676874677265656e)](https://pestphp.com)[![PHPStan](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ec48de0c9ccf8bd42d3e912430809f6b194b40fe755808110ea4596884b40f98/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048505374616e2d4c6576656c25323031302d6f72616e6765)](https://phpstan.org)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/36bb0b942c3b3b457f772d156491f1b66f91386d6061760a59ce7460cc0e9e97/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4d49542d6c6967687467726579)](LICENSE)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Concurrent development server** — Laravel, queue, logs, and Vite in parallel
- **Static analysis** — PHPStan at level 10 (strictest)
- **Type coverage** — 100% type coverage enforced via Pest
- **Automated refactoring** — Rector with strict rulesets
- **Code formatting** — Laravel Pint with strict rules + Prettier
- **Testing** — Pest with parallel execution
- **Debugging** — Telescope and Laradumps pre-installed
- **IDE support** — Laravel IDE Helper for autocompletion

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.4+
- Composer 2.5+
- Node.js 18+
- npm 9+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Using the Laravel installer (recommended)

[](#using-the-laravel-installer-recommended)

```
laravel new my-app --using justchr1s/starter-kit
```

### Manual installation

[](#manual-installation)

```
git clone https://github.com/justchr1s/starter-kit.git my-app
cd my-app
composer setup
```

The `composer setup` command installs dependencies, configures the environment, runs migrations, and builds assets.

> **Note:** This starter kit uses SQLite by default for simple local development.

Commands
--------

[](#commands)

### Development

[](#development)

```
composer dev
```

Starts all development services concurrently:

- Laravel server (`php artisan serve`)
- Queue listener (`php artisan queue:listen`)
- Log watcher (`php artisan pail`)
- Vite (`npm run dev`)

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test              # Run full test suite
composer test:unit         # Run Pest tests (parallel)
composer test:unit:coverage # Run tests with coverage report
composer test:types        # Run PHPStan analysis
composer test:type:coverage # Verify 100% type coverage
composer test:typos        # Check for typos with Peck
composer test:lint         # Check code style
composer test:refactor     # Preview Rector changes (dry-run)
```

### Code Quality

[](#code-quality)

```
composer lint      # Format code (Pint + Prettier)
composer refactor  # Apply Rector refactoring
composer fix       # Full fix: IDE helpers + types + refactor + lint
```

### IDE Support

[](#ide-support)

```
composer ide       # Generate IDE helper files
```

Code Standards
--------------

[](#code-standards)

This starter kit enforces strict code quality:

ToolConfigurationPHPStanLevel 10 (strictest)Pest100% type coverage requiredPintLaravel preset with `declare_strict_types`, `final_class`, `strict_comparison`RectordeadCode, codeQuality, typeDeclarations, privatization, earlyReturnAll PHP files must have `declare(strict_types=1)` and classes should be `final` by default.

Included Packages
-----------------

[](#included-packages)

PackagePurpose[laravel/telescope](https://github.com/laravel/telescope)Debugging and monitoring[laradumps/laradumps](https://github.com/laradumps/laradumps)Real-time debugging[barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper)IDE autocompletion[laravel/pint](https://github.com/laravel/pint)PHP code formatting[larastan/larastan](https://github.com/larastan/larastan)Static analysis[pestphp/pest](https://github.com/pestphp/pest)Testing framework[rector/rector](https://github.com/rectorphp/rector)Automated refactoring[peckphp/peck](https://github.com/peckphp/peck)Typo detectionContributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions are welcome. Please run `composer test` before submitting a pull request.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

Inspired by [Josh Cirre's Fission](https://github.com/joshcirre/fission).

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

121d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4db3528d863e3ddfd5f5e220f66bed7cfe979e617fab84bfeaa6bc148e0c893e?d=identicon)[justchris](/maintainers/justchris)

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Tags

frameworklaravelstarter-kitframeworklaravelstarter-kit

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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