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marekmiklusek/laravel-starter-kit
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A type-safe Laravel starter kit for developers who value code quality.

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

[](#-laravel-starter-kit)

A super cool Laravel 12 starter kit coming from [@nunomaduro](https://github.com/nunomaduro/laravel-starter-kit), with some modifications. ✨

✨ Features
----------

[](#-features)

- **Laravel 12** 🔥 - Latest Laravel framework with streamlined structure
- **PHP 8.4** ⚡ - Modern PHP features and performance
- **Tailwind CSS 4** 🎨 - Latest Tailwind with Vite integration
- **Pest 4** 🧪 - Advanced testing with browser testing support
- **Code Quality Tools** 🛠️ - PHPStan, Laravel Pint, Rector, Prettier
- **Development Workflow** 🔄 - Concurrent dev server, queue, logs, and Vite

📋 Requirements
--------------

[](#-requirements)

- PHP >= 8.4.0
- Composer
- Node.js & NPM
- MySQL (or your preferred database)

🚀 Quick Start
-------------

[](#-quick-start)

Note

In `config/database.php`, `'engine' => 'InnoDB',` is used as the default for both `mysql` and `mariadb` connections.

In `config/essentials.php`, models are unguarded by default via `Unguard::class => true`. This allows mass assignment without explicitly defining `$fillable` properties. You can change this setting if you prefer to use guarded models.

### 📦 Installation

[](#-installation)

Create a new Laravel project:

```
composer create-project marekmiklusek/laravel-starter-kit --prefer-dist app-name
```

Run the automated setup script:

```
composer setup
```

This command will:

1. Install PHP dependencies via Composer
2. Create `.env` file from `.env.example` (if not exists)
3. Create `.env.production` file from `.env.example` (if not exists)
4. Generate application key
5. Run database migrations
6. Install NPM dependencies
7. Build frontend assets

### ⚙️ Additional Setup

[](#️-additional-setup)

#### 🔧 Environment Configuration

[](#-environment-configuration)

After running `composer setup`, configure your `.env` file with your database credentials:

```
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password
```

#### 🌐 Browser Testing Setup (Optional)

[](#-browser-testing-setup-optional)

If you plan to use Pest's browser testing capabilities, install Playwright:

```
npm install playwright
npx playwright install
```

This installs the necessary browser binaries for running browser tests.

#### 🚀 Production Environment

[](#-production-environment)

The setup script automatically creates a `.env.production` file. Configure it with production-specific settings:

```
# Edit .env.production with your production settings
```

Configure production environment variables:

- Set `APP_ENV=production`
- Set `APP_DEBUG=false`
- Configure production database credentials
- Set secure `APP_KEY` (generated during setup)
- Configure mail, cache, queue, and session drivers
- Set proper logging channels

💻 Development
-------------

[](#-development)

### 🖥️ Running the Development Server

[](#️-running-the-development-server)

Start all development services concurrently:

```
composer dev
```

This starts:

- Laravel development server (port 8000)
- Queue listener
- Log viewer (Pail)
- Vite dev server (Hot Module Replacement)

🔍 Code Quality
--------------

[](#-code-quality)

### 🧹 Linting & Formatting

[](#-linting--formatting)

Fix code style issues:

```
composer lint
```

This runs:

- Rector (PHP refactoring)
- Laravel Pint (PHP formatting)
- Prettier (frontend formatting)

### 🧪 Testing

[](#-testing)

Run the full test suite:

```
composer test
```

This includes:

- Type coverage (100% minimum)
- Code coverage (100% required)
- Unit and feature tests (Pest)
- Code style validation
- Static analysis (PHPStan)

📜 Available Scripts
-------------------

[](#-available-scripts)

### 🎼 Composer Scripts

[](#-composer-scripts)

- `composer setup` - Initial project setup
- `composer dev` - Run all development services
- `composer lint` - Fix code style issues
- `composer test` - Run full test suite
- `composer test:unit` - Run Pest tests only
- `composer test:types` - Run PHPStan analysis
- `composer test:type-coverage` - Check type coverage
- `composer test:lint` - Validate code style
- `composer update:requirements` - Update all dependencies

### 📦 NPM Scripts

[](#-npm-scripts)

- `npm run dev` - Start Vite dev server
- `npm run build` - Build for production
- `npm run lint` - Format frontend code
- `npm run test:lint` - Check frontend code style

📄 License
---------

[](#-license)

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

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance91

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~10 days

Total

23

Last Release

11d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112761697?v=4)[Marek Miklušek](/maintainers/marekmiklusek)[@marekmiklusek](https://github.com/marekmiklusek)

---

Top Contributors

[![marekmiklusek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112761697?v=4)](https://github.com/marekmiklusek "marekmiklusek (37 commits)")

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Tags

frameworklaravel

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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