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Laravel package for building admin panels and back-office apps in PHP
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- Stars
- 4.8k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Mar 2026
- Language
- PHP
4,743 on 22 Apr 20264,801 on 11 Nov 2026
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Overview
Orchid is a Laravel package for building admin panels, back-office apps and dashboards from PHP code, without writing HTML, CSS or JavaScript. It ships a form builder, role-based access permissions, Eloquent-based filtering and sorting, and Laravel Scout full-text search. Page transitions use Hotwire to avoid full reloads. It has no AI features.
Who it is for: Laravel developers who need an admin panel or dashboard quickly
Strengths
- Admin UI is defined in PHP; no frontend code needed
- Built-in roles, permissions, form fields, notifications and table filtering/sorting
- Hotwire gives SPA-like navigation without extra code
- MIT licensed, free for commercial use
Weaknesses
- Tied to Laravel and PHP; unusable outside that stack
- No AI or model features; fits this list only loosely
- Last tagged release is March 2026, behind recent commits
- Going beyond built-in components means learning Orchid's own abstractions
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs Laravel, PHP
What changed
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