Laravel News·1yNativePHP v1 is finally here!
NativePHP v1.0.0 has been released, enabling Laravel developers to build distributable desktop apps across major platforms. This milestone allows for faster realization of internal tools, consumer-facing apps, and hobby projects. The release drops support for Laravel 10 and PHP 8.1/8.2, highlighting the need for compatible tooling and dependencies. Upgrading is straightforward, with instructions provided for both existing and new users.
Laravel News·36wLaravel launches Laravel Learn with two free mini-courses
Laravel has launched Laravel Learn, a new learning platform featuring two free mini-courses: a refreshed Laravel Bootcamp for absolute beginners and PHP Fundamentals covering the basics that power Laravel. The courses are taught by Josh Cirre and Christoph Rumpel respectively, available both on the dedicated learning site with progress tracking and as full-length YouTube videos. This initiative replaces the deprecated original Bootcamp and aims to provide a gentle entry point for new developers into the Laravel ecosystem.
Laravel News·41wFilament v4 is Stable!
Filament v4 has been officially released as stable, bringing significant performance improvements including 3x faster table rendering for large datasets. Key new features include unified Schemas that combine form fields, infolist entries, and layout components; custom data tables that support non-Model-backed data with full pagination, search, and sorting capabilities; and a unified Actions namespace that eliminates import confusion. The release also introduces partial rendering solutions and automated upgrade scripts to ease migration from v3.
Laravel News·1yBuild a Smart AI Task Manager with Laravel, Livewire & PrismPHP
Discover how to develop an AI-powered task management application using Laravel, Livewire, and PrismPHP. This tutorial demonstrates the integration of OpenAI to convert natural language into tasks through a real-time chat interface, eliminating traditional form use for task management.
Laravel News·1yLaravel Toaster Magic
Laravel Toaster Magic is a versatile notification library developed by Muhammad Rabiul for Laravel applications. It provides easy-to-use, customizable toast notifications, with support for right-to-left languages and dark mode. After installing via Composer, publishers can quickly integrate it into their projects by adding necessary styles and scripts in Blade templates, and trigger notifications through controller methods or JavaScript.
Laravel News·1yLaravel 12 release date
Laravel 12 will be launched on February 24th, 2025, as announced at Laracon EU. This version will include new starter kits with options for React, Vue, or Livewire and will have zero-breaking changes. It's recommended to upgrade to Laravel 11 before the release, and Laravel Shift is suggested for an automatic upgrade process.
Laravel News·1yNativePHP for Mobile v1 — Launching May 2
NativePHP for Mobile v1 launches on May 2, allowing developers to use Laravel to build native iOS and Android apps without needing to learn Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, or React Native. The release provides access to device APIs such as camera, biometric scanning, and push notifications while using familiar Laravel tools. Early access pricing ends on May 31.
Laravel News·1yCreate Self-Contained PHP Executables with PHPacker
PHPacker allows packaging any PHP script or PHAR into a standalone, cross-platform executable, simplifying distribution by bundling PHP with the application. You can install PHPacker via Composer and build for multiple platforms like Mac, Windows, and Linux. Configuration is possible via CLI options or a configuration file. Various PHP versions and custom PHP binaries can be used, making PHPacker versatile for many project requirements.
Laravel News·24wLaravel launches an OSS Advent Calendar
Laravel launched a holiday-themed microsite featuring an Advent Calendar that showcases a different open source package from the Laravel ecosystem each day from December 1-25. Each day reveals a short video, installation instructions, and project health stats for official Laravel packages including Pennant, Prompts, Telescope, Pail, Sail, Pint, Passport, Sanctum, and Octane. The calendar serves as a browsable catalog helping developers discover first-party Laravel tools with quick access to documentation, GitHub repositories, and composer install commands.
Laravel News·1yLaravel Unique
Laravel Unique is a package that provides a trait for Laravel Eloquent models to maintain field uniqueness within specified constraints. It supports custom suffix formats and value generators, and can be configured via a config file or model properties. The package enforces application-level uniqueness before saving, making it suitable for use cases like unique names, slugs, or identifiers.
Laravel News·1yTelevision is a Multi-purpose Fuzy Finder TUI
Television is a high-speed, multi-purpose fuzzy finder TUI that allows users to search through various data sources like files, Git history, and environment variables. It features asynchronous I/O, fuzzy matching, shell integration, and customizable themes. It works across Linux, macOS, and Windows, compatible with all major terminal emulators.
Laravel News·1yPHP DevTools Console
PHP DevTools Console is a new Chrome extension designed specifically for PHP developers, especially those working with Laravel. Created by Tony Lea, the extension integrates Spatie's Laravel Web Tinker package into the browser's dev tools. This allows developers to access PHP and Laravel Artisan Tinker console capabilities seamlessly within the browser. The extension is recommended for development use only and should not be used in production environments.
Laravel News·46wLaravel AI Chat Starter Kit
A comprehensive Laravel starter kit for building AI chat applications with real-time streaming responses. Features support for multiple AI providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini, built with Prism, Inertia.js, Vue.js, and TailwindCSS. Includes authentication, theming, chat sharing, and reasoning model support with easy installation via Laravel's new command.
Laravel News·46wThe Pipe Operator is Coming to PHP 8.5
PHP 8.5 introduces the pipe operator (|>) scheduled for release on November 20, 2025. This operator enables chaining multiple callable functions from left to right, passing values through them sequentially. It improves code readability by eliminating nested function calls and temporary variables, allowing developers to write more linear and comprehensible data transformation pipelines using first-class callables.
Laravel News·1yEverything we know about Laravel 12
Laravel 12, launching on February 24th, 2025, will primarily be a maintenance release with minimal breaking changes. New features added in Laravel 11 include a fluent helper, reversible form prompts, and more. Additionally, new starter kits with React, Vue, or Livewire support will be introduced. A new Laravel website with updated branding is also expected.
Laravel News·1yFlux 2.0 Livewire UI Kit
Flux 2.0, the official Livewire component library by Caleb Porzio, introduces advanced components such as date pickers, calendars, and charts. These components are built to be lightweight, adding only 13kb to the bundle, and are dependency-free. Flux 2.0 includes a free tier of essential UI components and full Tailwind 4 support, and is available in the Laravel Livewire starter kit. The premium version offers additional advanced UI components with various purchase options.
Laravel News·1yGGH is a Lightweight CLI to Recall Your SSH Sessions
GGH is a lightweight CLI tool that helps recall SSH sessions and search your SSH configuration file. Compatible with Unix and Windows systems, it wraps SSH commands for easy session management without replacing SSH. The project is available on GitHub with installers for both operating systems.
Laravel News·1yOptimizing Large Data Delivery with Laravel Streaming Responses
Laravel's streaming responses allow efficient handling of large datasets by sending data incrementally, reducing memory usage and improving response times. This approach is demonstrated with practical examples of streaming large data exports, highlighting memory efficiency and immediate feedback to users.
Laravel News·32wPHP 8.5 Introduces a New URI Extension
PHP 8.5 adds a built-in URI extension that provides standards-compliant parsing for both RFC 3986 and WHATWG URL standards. The extension includes Uri and Url classes with methods for parsing, normalizing, and manipulating URLs, with proper error handling through exceptions or referenced error arrays. Laravel applications can already use similar functionality through Laravel's URI class (available since 11.35), which wraps the league/uri package implementing RFC 3986.
Laravel News·50wLaravel News
GuacPanel is a Laravel starter kit that combines Vue.js, Inertia.js, and Tailwind CSS to provide a complete foundation for modern web applications. It includes authentication with login tracking, an admin dashboard, smart data tables, file management with drag-and-drop uploads, automated backups, activity logging, role-based permissions, session management, and passwordless login options. The kit offers responsive UI components with dark mode support and comprehensive security features for building production-ready applications.
Laravel News·51wLaravel OpenRouter
A new Laravel package enables easy integration with OpenRouter, a unified API for accessing multiple Large Language Models. The package supports both standard and streaming chat requests, allowing developers to interact with various AI models like Mistral through a single interface. It includes features for real-time streaming responses and can be easily installed via Composer.
Laravel News·1yIntroducing Hypervel: A Coroutine Framework for Laravel Artisans
Hypervel is a high-performance PHP framework inspired by Laravel, designed for high-concurrency and I/O-intensive applications. Leveraging Swoole's asynchronous capabilities, it offers native coroutine support, significantly enhancing performance over Laravel's Octane by handling non-blocking I/O more efficiently. Hypervel maintains a Laravel-like development experience, making it accessible to Laravel developers with minimal learning curve. Ideal for microservices, API gateways, and high-concurrency applications, Hypervel promises up to hundreds of times higher QPS in I/O-intensive scenarios.
Laravel News·1yNew Laravel Starter Kits are Coming Soon
Taylor Otwell announced new starter kits for Laravel 12 at Laracon EU, consolidating Laravel Breeze and Laravel Jetstream into one starter kit per stack. Developers can choose from React, Vue, or Livewire, with each kit featuring login, registration, and customizable dashboard screens. The new kits offer various design options and are built with Inertia.js 2.0, TypeScript, and ShadCN component libraries. Livewire's starter kit includes Flux UI components to aid in building Livewire powered apps efficiently.
Laravel News·1yExpose v3 is now out!
Expose v3 by Beyond Code allows sharing web services on local machines through any firewall or VPN, introducing new features such as a redesigned dashboard for monitoring HTTP requests, replaying and modifying requests, and automatic Vite process detection. It is also compatible with Laravel Herd.
Laravel News·28wLaravel News
HydePHP v2.0 is a static site generator built on Laravel that combines Markdown with modern tooling. The release introduces Vite for frontend builds, a redesigned navigation API, enhanced asset management, and improved documentation features with smart natural language processing. Breaking changes include Tailwind CSS v4 upgrade, ESM module migration, and new configuration formats for navigation and features.