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[Framework](/categories/framework) 4. / 5. northwestern-sysdev/northwestern-laravel-starter ActiveProject[Framework](/categories/framework) northwestern-sysdev/northwestern-laravel-starter ================================================ A comprehensive starter kit for Laravel projects at Northwestern University v1.15.0(1mo ago)423MITPHPPHP ^8.5CI passing Since Nov 18Pushed 1mo agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/NIT-Administrative-Systems/northwestern-laravel-starter)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/northwestern-sysdev/northwestern-laravel-starter)[ RSS](/packages/northwestern-sysdev-northwestern-laravel-starter/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (78)Versions (55)Used By (0) [![Logo lockup for the Northwestern Laravel Starter](art/readme-lockup.png)](art/readme-lockup.png) [![PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b0fbf30db00a472955b7eecc73201f53666af84973bf759bd15cde881ff4ce0e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d382e352d626c7565)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b0fbf30db00a472955b7eecc73201f53666af84973bf759bd15cde881ff4ce0e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d382e352d626c7565) [![Laravel Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5b99ec644e12357132ddb95970822afd67efedef92fcccb6270926adebd8b101/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c61726176656c2d31322e782d726564)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5b99ec644e12357132ddb95970822afd67efedef92fcccb6270926adebd8b101/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c61726176656c2d31322e782d726564) [![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/db7d372a46e78f7ac444364d80df402dc102c040d4891c917b907d527d003e47/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f4e49542d41646d696e6973747261746976652d53797374656d732f6e6f7274687765737465726e2d6c61726176656c2d737461727465722f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d61696e)](https://coveralls.io/github/NIT-Administrative-Systems/northwestern-laravel-starter?branch=main) --- An enterprise-focused Laravel starter kit for [Northwestern University](https://www.northwestern.edu) projects. This opinionated project provides what you need to build secure, maintainable web applications or API-driven services. [ ![Authentication screen and homepage UI](art/ui-preview-1.png) ](art/ui-preview-1.png) [ ![User profile and table UI](art/ui-preview-2.png) ](art/ui-preview-2.png) [ ![API user profile, role creation form, and audit log UI](art/ui-preview-3.png) ](art/ui-preview-3.png) [ ![API Request Log and Login Records dashboard UI](art/ui-preview-4.png) ](art/ui-preview-4.png) Overview -------- [](#overview) Modern web development extends beyond routes, controllers, and views. Before any business logic can take shape, teams must establish authentication flows, authorization layers, API conventions, auditing, CI/CD pipelines, frontend patterns, monitoring, and a maintainable project structure. These concerns take time and lead to duplicated effort across projects. The **Northwestern Laravel Starter** handles this baseline work up front with a production-ready architecture, so teams can start building features instead of infrastructure. Important This starter kit is designed primarily for applications built within [Northwestern University](https://www.northwestern.edu)’s ecosystem. If you're outside Northwestern, you may not be able to use the project as-is. The architecture and patterns may still be useful as reference material. Contributions from the community are welcome. Getting Started --------------- [](#getting-started) ``` composer create-project northwestern-sysdev/northwestern-laravel-starter your-project-name cd your-project-name ``` Visit the [documentation](https://laravel-starter.entapp.northwestern.edu) for complete installation, configuration, and usage guides. Features -------- [](#features) ### Architectural Foundation [](#architectural-foundation) - **Domain-Driven Design**: Code is grouped by business concerns for modularity and maintainability. - **Action-Based Business Logic**: Single-responsibility action classes encapsulate discrete operations for reusability and testability. - **Flexible Configuration**: Fine-grained settings for authentication methods, API features, Northwestern integrations, and application behavior. ### Authentication & Authorization [](#authentication--authorization) - **Multi-Authentication Methods**: Support for Entra ID SSO, Access Tokens, and passwordless email-based verification codes. - **Role-Based Access Control**: Fine-grained role and permissions system with a built-in management interface. - **User Impersonation**: Secure ability to troubleshoot user-specific issues and simulate user experiences. ### API Features [](#api-features) - **Advanced Access Token Management**: Cryptographically secure tokens with CIDR-based IP restrictions, rotation, time-bound validity, and automatic expiration notifications. - **API Request Logging & Analytics**: Request tracking with performance metrics, failure analysis, and probabilistic sampling. - **Request Tracing**: Automatic trace ID propagation for correlation across logs, audits, and error reports. - **Standardized Error Responses**: [RFC 9457](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9457.html) compliant machine-readable error response formats. ### Auditing & Compliance [](#auditing--compliance) - **Full Audit Trail**: Logs all model changes and user actions with before/after history. - **Secure Data Handling**: Sensitive information is hashed or encrypted to limit data exposure risk. ### Northwestern Integrations [](#northwestern-integrations) - **Northwestern Directory**: Just-in-time user provisioning, automatic data synchronization, and monitoring via the Northwestern Directory service. - **EventHub**: Publish events and register webhooks with the EventHub system. ### Frontend & UX [](#frontend--ux) - **Modular Filament UI**: Ready-to-use administration panel with pre-built tables, forms, and dashboards for managing application data. - **Brand Compliance**: Pre-built components, layouts, and styling that adhere to the University's branding guidelines. - **Responsive Design**: Consistent user experience across devices with various screen sizes. - **WCAG 2.1 Accessibility**: Built with accessibility best practices. ### Developer Experience [](#developer-experience) - **Local Development**: Schema-validated database snapshots, configuration validation, and database rebuild utilities. - **Testing**: Parallelized PHPUnit execution and end-to-end testing with [Cypress](https://www.cypress.io). - **CI/CD Ready**: Pre-configured GitHub Actions workflows for static analysis, formatting, and automated testing. ### Monitoring & Operations [](#monitoring--operations) - **Health Checks & Monitoring**: Built-in health checks to monitor critical system components. - **Analytics Dashboards**: Pre-built dashboards for API request metrics and login activity. Acknowledgements ---------------- [](#acknowledgements) Numerous open-source packages power this starter kit. Special thanks to the Laravel community and [Northwestern University IT](https://www.it.northwestern.edu). ### Health Score 48 — FairBetter than 94% of packages Maintenance91 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity13 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity66 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 87.1% 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 ~4 days Total 33 Last Release 41d ago Major Versions v0.5.0 → v1.0.02026-01-08 PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^8.4 v1.12.0PHP ^8.5 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d4678c8051de43c86bddf6aec2c570d07175ac1011296dd25b8e6e97a0af34b?d=identicon)[northwestern-sysdev](/maintainers/northwestern-sysdev) --- Top Contributors [![dxnter](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17434202?v=4)](https://github.com/dxnter "dxnter (149 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (21 commits)")[![nie7321](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27235866?v=4)](https://github.com/nie7321 "nie7321 (1 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPest Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector Code StyleLaravel Pint ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/northwestern-sysdev-northwestern-laravel-starter/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/northwestern-sysdev-northwestern-laravel-starter/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/northwestern-sysdev-northwestern-laravel-starter) ``` ### Alternatives [nasirkhan/laravel-starter A CMS like modular Laravel starter project. 1.4k2.7k](/packages/nasirkhan-laravel-starter)[raugadh/fila-starter Laravel Filament Starter. 614.9k](/packages/raugadh-fila-starter) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)