Overview Laravel Starter is a Laravel 13.x project template with authentication, social login (Google, Facebook, GitHub), user and role-permission management, and a separate admin backend and public frontend. Features are split into modules, with an Article module (posts, categories, tags, comments) included and a `module:build` command to scaffold new ones. It also includes backup, a log viewer and Tailwind CSS v4 themes. It has no built-in AI features.
Who it is for: PHP developers who want a Laravel admin and CMS base to extend
Strengths Ships auth, social login, roles/permissions, settings, backup and log viewer out of the box Modules are reusable across starter-based projects; `module:build` scaffolds new ones Interactive `starter:install` wizard handles .env, database, migrations, seeding and npm build Live demo available, plus Laravel Sail setup for Docker Weaknesses No AI or model integration, despite this list's focus No billing or payments wired in GPL-3.0 license constrains closed-source derivatives What it needs PHP Needs PHP, Composer, Node.js/npm, SQL database GitHub template env example file Quick answers Is laravel-starter open source? Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license.
Can you run laravel-starter with Docker? Yes. Its repository has a Docker setup: a Dockerfile, a Compose file or a published image.
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How to choose Verify the AI part is real code (model calls, usage metering), not only editor config files. Usage-based billing matters for AI costs; check whether metering is included or left to you. Weigh the framework lock-in (Wasp, tRPC, Django) against what your team knows. Health
Releases 22 in the last 12 monthsLast one 6 days ago
Top contributor 85% of commits351 of 412 in the last 12 months
Security advisories NoneOn GitHub, in the last 12 months Read from GitHub, deps.dev and OpenSSF on 31 Oct 2026. Bots and coding-agent accounts are left out of the commit counts. Not part of the score: how we check .
License in plain words GPL-3.0 Copyleft
Use it at work Yes
Change it and rebrand it Yes
Sell it or host it for others Yes Your part: If you distribute it, or software built on it, share the full source under GPL-3.0. Running it on your own servers is not distributing.
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Set it up Needs before it works: PHP, Composer, Node.js/npm, SQL database.
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