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rcrosbourne/laravel-react-starter-kit
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An opinionated Laravel 13 + React starter kit for Herd. Bun, Postgres, optional teams, 100% test coverage.

v1.1.3(3mo ago)05[24 PRs](https://github.com/rcrosbourne/laravel-react-starter-kit/pulls)MITTypeScriptPHP ^8.5CI passing

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rcrosbourne/laravel-react-starter-kit
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An opinionated Laravel 13 + React starter kit for Herd. Bun, Postgres, optional teams, 100% test coverage.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer create-project rcrosbourne/laravel-react-starter-kit my-app
```

The post-install hook runs `php artisan app:setup`, which prompts for teams support and configures `.env` to match your project directory.

Pass `--teams` or `--no-teams` to skip the prompt for non-interactive setups.

What's different from `laravel/react-starter-kit`?
--------------------------------------------------

[](#whats-different-from-laravelreact-starter-kit)

- **bun-first** — `bun.lock`, no npm.
- **Postgres 17** for dev + test + CI. Test DB derived as `_test`.
- **Herd-first** — SMTP catcher on `127.0.0.1:2525`, served at `http://.test`.
- **100% test coverage gate** (Pest line + type-coverage) enforced in CI.
- **Strict static analysis** — Pint + Rector + PHPStan max + Larastan with bleeding edge.
- **Strict app defaults** — `Model::shouldBeStrict()`, `Date::use(CarbonImmutable::class)`, `DB::prohibitDestructiveCommands(isProduction)`.
- **AI guidelines** generated by `laravel/boost` (`CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, etc.).
- **Optional teams** — switcher, invites, owner/member roles, settings page.

Daily commands
--------------

[](#daily-commands)

CommandWhat it does`composer dev`queue + pail + vite (Herd serves the app)`composer test`type-coverage + unit + lint + types (CI path, xdebug)`composer test:coverage`local coverage via Herd`composer lint`apply Rector + Pint + ESLint fixes`composer test:lint`dry-run lint checkSee [docs/PHILOSOPHY.md](docs/PHILOSOPHY.md) for the opinions behind this kit.

License
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[](#license)

MIT.

###  Health Score

43

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FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity4

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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

90d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^8.3

v1.1.1PHP ^8.5

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7ad54c7d4b34a8655e946d8d8ddfa62957051b2704e766ae7d788b428a67837?d=identicon)[rcrosbourne](/maintainers/rcrosbourne)

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Top Contributors

[![rcrosbourne](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2035749?v=4)](https://github.com/rcrosbourne "rcrosbourne (44 commits)")

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Tags

laravelpostgresreactstarter-kitbunherd

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Rector

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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