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madalintomescu/laravel-blog
===========================

A basic blog system based on Laravel.

v0.2.0(7y ago)4683[1 issues](https://github.com/MadalinTomescu/laravel-blog/issues)MITPHPPHP ^7.1.3

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Laravel Blog
============

[](#laravel-blog)

A basic blog system based on Laravel 5.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Manage posts
- Featured images
- Add categories and tags
- [SummerNote](https://summernote.org/) WYSIWYG Editor
- Admin dashboard
- Manage users, roles and permissions
- Vue.js components

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

Main page [![alt text](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/89e878bce8edc66a656b195f2b278fce16b8ed180f765230febeeb70a8ec5478/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4d75457a30714a2e706e67 "Main page")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/89e878bce8edc66a656b195f2b278fce16b8ed180f765230febeeb70a8ec5478/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4d75457a30714a2e706e67)

Dashboard index [![alt text](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4378ae4828c2f0014a445168653c44c9acff6f33c96c85208e0e89acf22a0a55/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f5076674d676a572e706e67 "Dashboard index")](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4378ae4828c2f0014a445168653c44c9acff6f33c96c85208e0e89acf22a0a55/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f5076674d676a572e706e67)

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

[](#installation)

1. Clone the repository

```
git clone https://github.com/madalintomescu/laravel-blog.git

```

Or use Composer (and skip step 2)

```
composer create-project madalintomescu/laravel-blog

```

2. Install the project dependencies with Composer

```
composer install

```

3. Copy `.env.example` file to `.env` file. Open it and edit it with your database details.

```
cp .env.example .env

```

4. Generate an application key

```
php artisan key:generate

```

5. Create a symbolic link from storage to public folder

```
php artisan storage:link

```

6. Install the front-end dependencies and compile them

```
npm install && npm run dev

```

7. Install sample test data

```
php artisan install:testdata

```

8. Start the server

```
php artisan serve

```

Now you can log in as admin using the following:

Email: `admin@example.com`

Password: `password`

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

Laravel packages

- [laravel-soft-cascade](https://github.com/Askedio/laravel-soft-cascade)
- [eloquent-sluggable](https://github.com/cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable)
- [laravel-breadcrumbs](https://github.com/davejamesmiller/laravel-breadcrumbs)
- [laravel-permission](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-permission)

Front-end

- [coreui](https://github.com/coreui/coreui)
- [alertifyjs](https://github.com/MohammadYounes/AlertifyJS)
- [perfect-scrollbar](https://github.com/utatti/perfect-scrollbar)
- [select2](https://github.com/select2/select2)

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

[0.2.0](https://github.com/madalintomescu/laravel-blog/compare/v0.1...v0.2.0) - 2018-10-19

- Add API Controllers and Resources
- Add Vue.js components
- Add post characters count
- Small changes

[0.1.0](https://github.com/madalintomescu/laravel-blog/tree/v0.1) - 2018-07-08

- Initial release

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for details

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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

Every ~102 days

Total

2

Last Release

2763d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0b60d86eb6c7fd54706b7c21d5bbb953383ea3ac4c478f9ca2ee1753ebe48031?d=identicon)[madalintomescu](/maintainers/madalintomescu)

---

Top Contributors

[![madalintomescu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35077682?v=4)](https://github.com/madalintomescu "madalintomescu (18 commits)")

---

Tags

laravelblog

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