A curated list of Laravel 13.x features, official packages, community packages, observability tooling, self-hosted infra patterns, YouTube channels, and websites. Inspired by awesome-php and other awesome lists.
Maintained under sudo-su-coffee. Contributions welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md .
Laravel Version History (8 → 13) Laravel 13 Highlights YouTube Channels Websites First-Party Packages Package Reference — By Domain
Core & Skeleton Admin Panels & CRUD Auth, Permissions, Multi-Tenancy Data, DTOs, State Query Building & API Resources Media, Files, Uploads Excel, PDF, Documents API Development & Docs Search Testing Settings & Feature Flags Auditing & Activity Backups, Health, Monitoring Localization Queues, Jobs, Scheduling Payments & Billing E-Commerce Kafka & Event Streaming Code Quality & Static Analysis Dev Environment & Tooling Debugging Performance & Octane HTTP, Utilities, Misc Livewire / Frontend AI, Vector, Embeddings Observability Database & Infra Log Aggregation
Observability — Deep Dive Queue Monitoring — Horizon vs Telescope vs Pulse University Multi-Module Platform Stack Docker at Scale License
1. Laravel Version History (8 → 13)
Version
Released
PHP Req.
Key New Features
8 Sep 8, 2020
7.3+
Laravel Jetstream, app/Models directory, class-based model factories, migration squashing (schema:dump), improved rate limiting, time testing helpers, dynamic Blade components, job batching (Bus::batch()), maintenance mode with pre-rendered view
9 Feb 8, 2022
8.0+
Symfony 6.0 components, Symfony Mailer (replaced SwiftMailer), Flysystem 3.0, Scout database driver, new accessor/mutator syntax (Attribute::make()), implicit route bindings via Enums, controller route grouping, forced scoped bindings, annual release cycle starts
10 Feb 14, 2023
8.1+
Process facade (Process::run(), concurrent pools, faking), invokable validation rules by default, native PHP type declarations across skeleton code, Laravel Pennant (feature flags), Str::password(), test profiling (--profile), Horizon/Telescope UI refresh
11 Mar 12, 2024
8.2+
Slimmed-down default app skeleton, per-second rate limiting, health check routing (/up), Laravel Reverb (WebSocket server), Prompts for CLI, graceful encryption key rotation, once() helper, Dumpable trait, resendable email verification
12 Feb 24, 2025
8.2–8.5
New official starter kits (React/Svelte/Vue/Livewire on Inertia 2 + TypeScript + shadcn/ui / Flux+Volt), WorkOS AuthKit variant per kit, Breeze/Jetstream deprecated, Carbon 3-only, JSON cast Unicode preservation, minimal-breaking "maintenance release"
13 Mar 17, 2026
8.3–8.5
Laravel AI SDK (text/tools/embeddings/audio/images), native JSON:API resources , PreventRequestForgery CSRF middleware, queue routing by class (Queue::route()), expanded PHP attributes (#[Middleware], #[Authorize], #[Tries], #[Backoff], #[Timeout], #[FailOnTimeout]), Cache::touch()vector/semantic search (whereVectorSimilarTo() + pgvector)
Official release notes: 8.x · 9.x · 10.x · 11.x · 12.x · 13.x
Laravel 13.0 — March 17, 2026. Requires PHP 8.3+. Official release notes .
⭐ Laravel AI SDK — First-party, unified API for text generation, tool-calling agents, embeddings, audio, images, vector-store integration. One SDK for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, xAI, and more. Includes classification (Jev), Vercel Chat protocol support, AG-UI protocol, conversation storage, streaming chat, tool approvals. [reference:0][reference:1]
JSON:API Resources — Native JSON:API-compliant resource serialization. No external packages needed.PreventRequestForgery — Formalized, origin-aware CSRF middleware.Queue routing by class — Queue::route(Job::class, connection: 'redis', queue: 'name').Expanded PHP attributes — #[Middleware], #[Authorize], #[Tries], #[Backoff], #[Timeout], #[FailOnTimeout] across ~15 locations.Cache::touch()Native semantic/vector search — whereVectorSimilarTo() against PostgreSQL + pgvector.Tagged Memoized Cache — v13.33.0 adds tag support for the memoized cache and a Refreshes model attribute for reloading generated columns after a write. [reference:2]Typed Translation Accessors — v13.15.0 adds typed translation accessors, JSON Schema deserialization, a dedicated Cloud queue driver. [reference:3]Laravel Cloud Facade for Managed Queues — August 2026 changelog. Read-through filesystems, AI tool-call recovery. [reference:4]
Carried over from Laravel 12: React/Svelte/Vue/Livewire starter kits (Inertia 2, TypeScript, shadcn/ui / Flux UI + Volt), WorkOS AuthKit variant per kit, Carbon 3-only.
Channel
Focus
Laravel Official channel — conference talks, feature announcements
Laravel Daily Tutorials, package roundups, real-world patterns
Grant Harting In-depth Laravel/PHP tutorials
CodeHead Laravel tutorials and project walkthroughs
Laracasts Video courses (Jeffrey Way) — official-adjacent
PHP Architect Deep-dive PHP/Laravel performance and architecture
Package
Purpose
laravel/framework Core framework — service container, routing, middleware, events, queues
laravel/laravel Application skeleton / starter template
laravel/octane High-performance app server (FrankenPHP / Swoole / RoadRunner)
laravel/horizon Redis queue dashboard + monitoring
laravel/sanctum Lightweight SPA/mobile token auth
laravel/passport Full OAuth2 server
laravel/socialite OAuth login (Google, GitHub, etc.)
laravel/fortify Headless auth backend — 2FA, email verify, lockout
laravel/reverb First-party WebSocket server
laravel/echo JS client for broadcasting / WebSockets
laravel/scout Full-text search driver abstraction
laravel/pennant Feature flags
laravel/pulse Real-time app performance monitoring dashboard
laravel/nightwatch APM/observability product (paid)
laravel/telescope Local debugging / request inspector
laravel/dusk Browser testing (Selenium-based)
laravel/cashier Stripe billing / subscriptions
laravel/cashier-paddle Paddle billing variant
laravel/pint Opinionated PHP code style fixer
laravel/sail Docker dev environment
laravel/valet macOS local dev environment
laravel/envoy SSH task runner — deploy scripts in Blade syntax
laravel/prompts Beautiful CLI prompts
laravel/passkeys WebAuthn / FIDO2 passkey client (TS)
laravel/stream SSE streaming hooks for React/Vue — LLM response streaming
laravel/wayfinder Type-safe route / action references for TS frontends
laravel/folio File-system page routing (Next.js style) for Blade
laravel/ai First-party AI SDK (13.x) — text, tools, embeddings, images, audio [reference:6]
laravel/surveyor Static analysis — extracts PHP/Laravel meta from codebase
laravel/ranger Runtime introspection — query, model, service container inspection
Forge / Vapor / Cloud Hosting / deployment (paid)
Nova Admin panel (paid)
6. Package Reference — By Domain
Symbol
Meaning
🟢
Active — recent commits, healthy issue response
🟡
Maintained — works, slower cadence
🟠
Stale — no commits in 12+ months, still functional
🔴
Deprecated / Archived — do not start new projects here
⭐
First-party — maintained by the Laravel team
🧩
Framework-agnostic — usable outside Laravel
Compatibility: 13 = Laravel 13, 12 = Laravel 12, 11 = Laravel 11.
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/framework
Core framework
🟢
13/12/11
~34.7k ★
⭐ laravel/laravel
App skeleton
🟢
13/12/11
~84.3k ★
⭐ laravel/installer
CLI installer
🟢
13/12/11
composer global require laravel/installer
⭐ laravel/prompts
Beautiful CLI prompts
🟢
13/12/11
Used by Artisan generators
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
filament/filament TALL-stack admin builder
🟢
13/12/11
Dominant choice. ~19k ★. v4 adds refreshed design, improved performance [reference:7]
laravel/nova Official paid admin panel
🟢
13/12/11
Paid license
orchid/platform Admin panel framework
🟢
13/12
Alternative to Nova
backpack/crud CRUD generator + admin
🟢
13/12/11
Long-standing
voyager/voyager BREAD-based admin
🟡
11
Lightly maintained
craftable (brackets)CRUD generator
🟡
12
Backpack-based
bezhansalleh/filament-shield Filament permissions
🟢
13/12
Pairs with spatie/laravel-permission
muazzam/filament-pro-starter Filament starter kit
🟢
13
Shield, 2FA, Passkeys pre-configured [reference:8]
6.3 Auth, Permissions, Multi-Tenancy
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/sanctum
SPA/mobile token auth
🟢
13/12/11
First-party default for APIs
⭐ laravel/passport
Full OAuth2 server
🟢
13/12/11
Use when you need a full OAuth server
⭐ laravel/socialite
OAuth login abstraction
🟢
13/12/11
~5.7k ★
⭐ laravel/fortify
Headless auth backend
🟢
13/12/11
2FA, email verify, lockout
⭐ laravel/jetstream
Full-stack auth starter
🔴
11/12
Deprecated in favor of starter kits
⭐ laravel/ui
Legacy UI presets
🔴
11
Deprecated
tymon/jwt-auth JWT authentication
🟢
13/12/11
Still widely used despite Sanctum
⭐ laravel/passkeys
WebAuthn / FIDO2 (TS client)
🟢
13/12
First-party
workos/workos-php WorkOS AuthKit (SSO, passkeys)
🟢
13/12/11
Bundled in starter kits
laragear/two-factor 2FA (TOTP, SMS, email)
🟢
13/12/11
Cleaner than Fortify's built-in
pragmarx/google2fa-laravel Google 2FA
🟢
13/12/11
Older but stable
spatie/laravel-one-time-passwords OTP for passwordless
🟢
13/12/11
Magic-link + OTP
spatie/laravel-login-link Passwordless login links
🟢
13/12/11
Dev-friendly
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-permission RBAC — roles & permissions
🟢
13/12/11
~12k ★. Near-universal
spatie/laravel-permission-teams Team-scoped permissions
🟢
13/12/11
Extension for multi-tenant RBAC
santigarcor/laratrust RBAC + teams
🟡
12/11
Multi-guard roles
jeremykenedy/laravel-roles Role management
🟡
12/11
Includes UI
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
stancl/tenancy Multi-tenancy (DB-per-tenant)
🟢
13/12/11
Most mature. No code changes needed [reference:9]
spatie/laravel-multitenancy Alternative multi-tenancy
🟢
13/12/11
Simpler, less feature-rich
tenancy/tenancy Base library (Stancl uses it)
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic core
mahdisphp/laravel-realm Multi-tenancy with single trait
🟢
13/12
Safety-first approach [reference:10]
kicklabel/tenancy Automatic multi-tenancy
🟢
13/12
v1.0.0 released [reference:11]
nunomazer/laravel-samehouse Single-database multi-tenancy
🟢
13/12/11
Simple, easy to use [reference:12]
mohamedhekal/tenantforge Shared-database multi-tenancy
🟢
13/12
SaaS foundation: tenants, domains, API keys [reference:13]
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
lab404/laravel-impersonate User impersonation
🟢
13/12/11
Standard
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-data Typed DTOs with validation + TS gen
🟢
13/12/11
~3.9k ★. Standard
spatie/laravel-model-states State machine on models
🟢
13/12/11
Order/trip states
spatie/laravel-model-status Status history on models
🟢
13/12/11
Audit of state changes
spatie/enum Enum helper
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
bensampo/laravel-enum Enum implementation
🟡
11/12
Less popular now with native enums
spatie/laravel-typescript-transformer PHP → TypeScript types
🟢
13/12/11
Shares types with frontend
wendelladriel/laravel-validated-dto DTO with validation
🟢
13/12/11
Lighter than spatie/laravel-data
spatie/laravel-schemaless-attributes JSON column attributes
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-options Option objects
🟢
13/12/11
—
6.5 Query Building & API Resources
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-query-builder Filter/sort/include from query string
🟢
13/12/11
~4k ★
spatie/laravel-fractal API transformation via Fractal
🟢
13/12/11
Legacy-style transformers
🧩 league/fractal
Underlying transformer library
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
spatie/laravel-json-api-paginate JSON:API pagination
🟢
13/12/11
Compatible with JSON:API spec
timacdonald/json-api Full JSON:API resources
🟢
13/12
Modern JSON:API implementation
spatie/laravel-eloquent-query-cache Query result caching
🟢
13/12/11
Automatic invalidation
protonemedia/laravel-eloquent-scope-as-select Subquery scopes
🟢
13/12/11
N+1 optimization
protonemedia/laravel-cross-eloquent-search Cross-model search
🟢
13/12/11
Search across multiple models [reference:14]
spatie/laravel-query-builder Filter/sort/include
🟢
13/12/11
—
6.6 Media, Files, Uploads
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-medialibrary Media/file attachment
🟢
13/12/11
~5.8k ★. Standard
spatie/laravel-image-optimizer Auto-optimize images
🟢
13/12/11
JPEG/PNG/WebP
🧩 intervention/image
Image manipulation
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
🧩 intervention/image-laravel
Laravel integration
🟢
13/12/11
Official wrapper
spatie/laravel-glide On-the-fly image manipulation
🟢
13/12/11
URL-based transforms
🧩 league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3
S3 filesystem driver
🟢
13/12/11
Works with MinIO, R2, B2
spatie/laravel-responsive-images Responsive image variants
🟡
12/11
For medialibrary
6.7 Excel, PDF, Documents
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
maatwebsite/excel Excel/CSV import/export
🟢
13/12/11
~12k ★. Standard
🧩 phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
Underlying spreadsheet library
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
barryvdh/laravel-dompdf HTML → PDF
🟢
13/12/11
Simple, widely used
barryvdh/laravel-snappy HTML → PDF via wkhtmltopdf
🟡
12/11
Requires wkhtmltopdf binary
spatie/laravel-pdf PDF via headless Chrome
🟢
13/12/11
Modern. Pairs with Browsershot
spatie/browsershot Screenshot/PDF via Puppeteer
🟢
13/12/11
Requires Node + Chromium
spatie/laravel-browsershot Laravel wrapper for Browsershot
🟢
13/12/11
Simplifies config
6.8 API Development & Docs
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
dedoc/scramble Auto-generate OpenAPI from code
🟢
13/12/11
No annotations. Modern
darkaonline/l5-swagger Swagger/OpenAPI via annotations
🟢
13/12/11
Annotation-driven
knuckleswtf/scribe API documentation from code
🟢
13/12/11
Postman export
nuwave/lighthouse GraphQL server
🟢
13/12/11
Standard GraphQL
rebing/graphql-laravel Alternative GraphQL
🟢
13/12/11
Query-based
spatie/laravel-route-attributes Routes from attributes
🟢
13/12/11
Controller-based routing
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/scout
Search driver abstraction
🟢
13/12/11
First-party
meilisearch/meilisearch-php Meilisearch driver
🟢
13/12/11
Self-hostable, <1ms
typesense/typesense-php Typesense driver
🟢
13/12/11
Typo-tolerant
algolia/scout-extended Algolia Scout extensions
🟢
13/12/11
SaaS
teamtnt/tntsearch Pure-PHP full-text search
🟢
13/12/11
No external service needed
spatie/laravel-searchable Simple trait-based search
🟢
13/12/11
For small datasets
lorisleiva/laravel-search-string Query-string search DSL
🟢
13/12/11
Human-friendly syntax
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
pestphp/pest Testing framework
🟢
13/12/11
~9.3k ★. Preferred over PHPUnit
pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel Pest Laravel helpers
🟢
13/12/11
actingAs, get, post
pestphp/pest-plugin-livewire Pest Livewire helpers
🟢
13/12/11
—
pestphp/pest-plugin-arch Architectural testing
🟢
13/12/11
Enforce boundaries
pestphp/pest-plugin-type-coverage Type coverage testing
🟢
13/12/11
—
⭐ laravel/dusk
Browser E2E testing
🟢
13/12/11
Selenium-based
🧩 mockery/mockery
Mocking library
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
🧩 fakerphp/faker
Fake data generation
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots Snapshot testing for Pest
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/phpunit-snapshot-assertions Snapshot testing for PHPUnit
🟢
13/12/11
—
nunomaduro/collision Better CLI error output
🟢
13/12/11
Ships with Laravel
nunomaduro/phpinsights Code quality scoring
🟢
13/12/11
—
6.11 Settings & Feature Flags
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-settings Typed DB-backed settings
🟢
13/12/11
—
⭐ laravel/pennant
Feature flags
🟢
13/12/11
First-party. Per-user/per-tenant toggling [reference:15]
spatie/laravel-feature-flags Alternative feature flags
🟠
11
—
henzeb/laravel-pennant-cache Cache driver for Pennant
🟢
13/12
Redis, Memcached, DynamoDB [reference:16]
creativitykills/filament-pennant Filament UI for Pennant
🟢
13/12
Manage flags from admin panel [reference:17]
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-activitylog Model change tracking
🟢
13/12/11
~5.6k ★. Standard
owen-it/laravel-auditing Alternative audit trail
🟢
13/12/11
More detailed
spatie/laravel-model-status Status history
🟢
13/12/11
—
laravel-auditing/laravel-auditing Current maintained version
🟢
13/12/11
Fork of owen-it
Chronicle (verifiable audit logging)Hash-chained append-only ledger
🟢
13
Tamper-verifiable audit history [reference:18]
6.13 Backups, Health, Monitoring
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-backup DB + file backups
🟢
13/12/11
~5.7k ★
spatie/laravel-health Health check dashboard
🟢
13/12/11
~2.7k ★
⭐ laravel/pulse
Real-time APM
🟢
13/12/11
First-party. See Observability Deep Dive
⭐ laravel/telescope
Dev debugging
🟢
13/12/11
Dev only — never in prod at scale
⭐ laravel/nightwatch
Production APM (paid)
🟢
13/12
Replaces Datadog for Laravel
sentry/sentry-laravel Error tracking
🟢
13/12/11
Official first-party SDK
bugsnag/bugsnag-laravel Error tracking
🟢
13/12/11
Alternative to Sentry
spatie/laravel-schedule-monitor Cron task monitoring
🟢
13/12/11
Alert if scheduled task fails
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-translatable Translatable model attributes
🟢
13/12/11
~2.5k ★ [reference:19]
mcamara/laravel-localization URL/route localization
🟢
13/12/11
~3.5k ★. Language selection in URL and from headers [reference:20]
spatie/laravel-translation-loader DB-backed translations
🟢
13/12/11
—
astrotomic/laravel-translatable Alternative translatable
🟢
13/12/11
Different storage model. ~1.4k ★ [reference:21]
dimsav/laravel-translatable Historical predecessor
🔴
8
Superseded by astrotomic
laravel-lang/lang Language files for all locales
🟢
13/12/11
126 languages. ~7.8k ★ [reference:22]
MohmmedAshraf/laravel-translations Translation management UI
🟢
13/12/11
~819 ★ [reference:23]
niels-numbers/laravel-localizer Locale-aware routing
🟢
13/12
Modern alternative [reference:24]
6.15 Queues, Jobs, Scheduling
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/horizon
Redis queue dashboard
🟢
13/12/11
~4.1k ★. Standard for Redis. See Queue Monitoring
⭐ laravel/reverb
WebSocket server
🟢
13/12/11
Replaces Pusher. Managed clusters on Laravel Cloud [reference:25]
spatie/laravel-queueable-action Action classes as jobs
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-schedule-monitor Scheduled task monitoring
🟢
13/12/11
—
vyuldashev/laravel-queue-rabbitmq RabbitMQ queue driver
🟢
13/12/11
—
php-amqplib/php-amqplib RabbitMQ AMQP library
🟢
13/12/11
Underlying
dusterio/laravel-aws-worker SQS worker for AWS
🟡
12/11
—
hardimpactdev/horizon-new-dawn React 19 + Inertia 3 Horizon UI
🟢
13
Replaces Horizon's bundled interface [reference:26]
pocketarc/horizon-database Run Horizon on a database
🟢
13
Instead of Redis [reference:27]
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/cashier
Stripe billing
🟢
13/12/11
~5.9k ★
⭐ laravel/cashier-paddle
Paddle billing
🟢
13/12/11
Tax-inclusive
srmklive/paypal PayPal integration
🟢
13/12/11
—
anandsiddharth/laravel-razorpay Razorpay
🟡
12/11
Thin wrapper
🧩 razorpay/razorpay
Official Razorpay SDK
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
rushabhmishrarmz/indipay Indian gateway aggregator
🟠
10/11
Multi-gateway (CCAvenue, PayU, etc.)
laravel/paddle First-party Paddle SDK
🟢
13/12
—
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
aimeos/aimeos-laravel Full e-commerce package
🟢
13/12/11
API-first, cloud-native
bagisto/bagisto Standalone e-commerce app
🟢
12/11
Full store out of the box
lunarphp/lunar Headless e-commerce
🟢
13/12/11
API-first
vanilophp/framework Modular e-commerce
🟢
13/12/11
Compose your own
getcandy/getcandy Headless e-commerce (pre-Lunar)
🔴
10/11
Renamed to Lunar
6.18 Kafka & Event Streaming
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
mateusjunges/laravel-kafka Kafka producer/consumer
🟢
13/12/11
~728 ★. Standard
chocofamilyme/laravel-kafka Batch produce/consume fork
🟢
12/11
High-throughput
🧩 ext-rdkafka (PECL)
Required PHP extension
🟢
—
pecl install rdkafka
🧩 librdkafka (system)
Required system library
🟢
—
Install before PECL
spatie/laravel-event-sourcing Event sourcing
🟢
13/12/11
Different paradigm
spatie/laravel-event-sourcing-projections Event projections
🟢
13/12/11
Companion
Install order (order matters):
librdkafka (system) → pecl install rdkafka → composer require mateusjunges/laravel-kafka
6.19 Code Quality & Static Analysis
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/pint
Code style fixer
🟢
13/12/11
~3.1k ★. First-party
🧩 friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer
Underlying CS fixer
🟢
13/12/11
Pint uses this
🧩 phpstan/phpstan
Static analysis
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
larastan/larastan PHPStan rules for Laravel
🟢
13/12/11
~3.3k ★. Renamed from nunomaduro/larastan
rector/rector Automated refactoring
🟢
13/12/11
Upgrade automation
driftingly/rector-laravel Laravel Rector rules
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-specific refactors
nunomaduro/phpinsights Code quality scoring
🟢
13/12/11
—
symplify/easy-coding-standard Alternative CS tool
🟢
13/12/11
Simpler than php-cs-fixer
6.20 Dev Environment & Tooling
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/sail
Docker dev environment
🟢
13/12/11
Local dev only
⭐ laravel/valet
macOS local dev
🟢
13/12/11
Nginx + dnsmasq
⭐ laravel/tinker
REPL
🟢
13/12/11
~7.4k ★
⭐ laravel/envoy
SSH task runner
🟢
13/12/11
Deploy scripts
beyondcode/laravel-dump-server Standalone dump server
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-ignition Enhanced error page
🟢
13/12/11
Ships with Laravel
spatie/laravel-tail artisan tail command🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-db-snapshots DB snapshot/load
🟢
13/12/11
Fast test DB reset
spatie/laravel-artisan-dispatchable Dispatch artisan from code
🟢
13/12/11
—
laravel/homestead Vagrant dev box
🟠
10/11
Legacy, replaced by Sail
Package
Approach
Status
Compat
Notes
barryvdh/laravel-debugbar In-page toolbar
🟢
13/12/11
~16k ★. Dev only. v4 released Jan 2026
itsgoingd/clockwork Browser extension panel
🟢
13/12/11
Lighter than Debugbar
spatie/ray Desktop app debugging
🟢
13/12/11
Paid desktop app
⭐ laravel/telescope
Full dashboard
🟢
13/12/11
Dev only
spatie/laravel-ray Laravel integration for Ray
🟢
13/12/11
—
6.22 Performance & Octane
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/octane
Persistent worker via Swoole/RoadRunner/FrankenPHP
🟢
13/12/11
~4k ★. 2.5–3.1x throughput gains [reference:28]
🧩 spiral/roadrunner-http
RoadRunner HTTP worker
🟢
13/12/11
Required for RR
🧩 spiral/roadrunner-cli
RoadRunner CLI
🟢
13/12/11
Required for RR
protonemedia/laravel-pipeline-benchmark Middleware bottleneck detection
🟡
12/11
Dev tool
spatie/laravel-responsecache Full response caching
🟢
13/12/11
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watson/rememberable Query result caching
🟢
13/12/11
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rennokki/laravel-eloquent-query-cache Query cache
🟢
13/12/11
—
Octane server comparison (2026):
Server
When to Use
Notes
FrankenPHP Default recommendation. Easiest path into Octane. HTTP/3 native, single binary, bundles Caddy + TLS. [reference:29]
FrankenPHP significantly outperformed PHP-FPM + Nginx [reference:30]
RoadRunner Mature, process-isolated monolith deployments. No PHP extensions required. [reference:31]
Battle-tested Go binary
Swoole / Open Swoole Only if you need coroutines, concurrent tasks, ticks, or Octane's in-memory cache/tables. [reference:32]
Maximum throughput, low latency
6.23 HTTP, Utilities, Misc
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
spatie/laravel-sluggable Auto-generate slugs
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-sitemap XML sitemap generation
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-tags Taggable models
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-comments Commenting system
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-webhook-client Receive/verify webhooks
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-webhook-server Send webhooks with retries
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-csp Content Security Policy
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-cookie-consent GDPR cookie banner
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-honeypot Spam form protection
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-url-signer Signed URLs
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-collection-macros Extra Collection methods
🟢
13/12/11
100+ macros
spatie/laravel-html HTML builder
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-menu Menu builder
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-navigation Navigation builder
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-blade-comments Blade comments
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-package-tools Package development helpers
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-personal-data-export GDPR data export
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-referer Referer tracking
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-discord-alerts Discord notifications
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-slack-alerts Slack notifications
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-google-calendar Google Calendar sync
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-google-fonts Self-hosted Google Fonts
🟢
13/12/11
GDPR-friendly
spatie/laravel-feed RSS/Atom feed generation
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-view-models View models for Blade
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-ciphersweet Searchable encryption
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-crypto Cryptography helpers
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-rate-limited-job-middleware Rate-limited jobs
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-route-discovery Route discovery
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-directory-cleanup Clean temp directories
🟢
13/12/11
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spatie/laravel-missing-page-redirector Redirect missing pages
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-failed-job-monitor Failed job alerts
🟢
13/12/11
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Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
laravel-notification-channels (org)Extra notification channels
🟢
13/12/11
Telegram, Slack, Discord, etc.
🧩 guzzlehttp/guzzle
HTTP client
🟢
13/12/11
~23k ★. Underlies Http facade
🧩 doctrine/dbal
DB abstraction
🟢
13/12/11
Required for some migrations
🧩 predis/predis
Pure-PHP Redis client
🟢
13/12/11
No ext-redis needed
dyrynda/laravel-cascade-soft-deletes Cascade soft deletes
🟢
13/12/11
Recommended by LaravelDaily [reference:33]
spatie/laravel-google-fonts Self-hosted Google Fonts
🟢
13/12/11
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Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
livewire/livewire Full-stack reactive UI
🟢
13/12/11
~23.5k ★
livewire/volt Single-file component syntax
🟢
13/12
—
livewire/flux Official UI component library
🟢
13/12
Used in starter kits
wire-elements/modal Modal component
🟢
13/12/11
~2.1k ★
spatie/laravel-livewire-wizard Multi-step wizard
🟢
13/12/11
—
spatie/laravel-livewire-flash Flash messages
🟢
13/12/11
—
inertiajs/inertia-laravel Inertia adapter
🟢
13/12/11
~2.1k ★
inertiajs/inertia (JS)Inertia JS client
🟢
—
SPA without API
⭐ laravel/echo
WebSocket JS client
🟢
13/12/11
Pairs with Reverb
⭐ laravel/stream
SSE streaming for LLMs
🟢
13/12
New
⭐ laravel/wayfinder
Type-safe routes for TS
🟢
13/12
—
tightenco/ziggy Named routes in JS
🟢
13/12/11
~4.6k ★
⭐ laravel/folio
File-system routing
🟢
13/12
Next.js-style
6.25 AI, Vector, Embeddings
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/ai
First-party AI SDK
🟢
13
Text, tools, embeddings, images, audio. Unified API for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, xAI. Classification (Jev), Vercel Chat, AG-UI. [reference:34]
laraigent/larai-kit RAG & AI agent toolkit
🟢
13/12
Document ingestion, vector search, streaming chat, multi-tenant scoping. Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Pinecone, pgvector. [reference:35]
solution-forest/ai-kit-core RAG toolkit engine
🟢
13/12
Ingestion, chunking, extraction, vector retrieval (sqlite-vec + pgvector), RAG agents on Laravel AI SDK. [reference:36]
jati/rafurivel Zero-config VectorRAG
🟢
13/12
Bridges Eloquent models with Pinecone. Enterprise-grade. [reference:37]
🧩 pgvector/pgvector-php
PostgreSQL pgvector client
🟢
13/12/11
Native vector search. Pairs with Laravel's whereVectorSimilarTo().
Laravel Related Content (Vladislav Stoitsov)Semantic relationships
🟢
13
Uses vector embeddings + pgvector for content discovery. [reference:38]
openai-php/laravel OpenAI API wrapper
🟢
13/12/11
Community
openai-php/client OpenAI PHP client
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
probots-io/ai Multi-provider AI
🟢
13/12
OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.
echolabsdev/prism LLM integration package
🟢
13/12
Integrating LLMs into AI applications [reference:39]
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
⭐ laravel/pulse
APM dashboard
🟢
13/12/11
First-party. See Observability Deep Dive
lkaemmerling/laravel-horizon-prometheus-exporter Horizon → Prometheus
🟢
13/12/11
Actively maintained
saschahemleb/laravel-prometheus-exporter General Prometheus exporter
🟢
13/12/11
Wraps promphp client
aduzenko/laravel-configurable-prometheus Config-driven metrics
🟢
13/12
—
🧩 promphp/prometheus_client_php
Prometheus PHP client
🟢
13/12/11
Framework-agnostic
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
keepsuit/laravel-opentelemetry OTel auto-instrumentation
🟢
13/12/11
Best choice. 500k+ installs. Auto-instruments HTTP, DB, queues, Redis, cache, events, Livewire, Scout. Explicit Octane support.
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-auto-laravel Official OTel auto-instr
🟢
13/12/11
More manual
Package
Purpose
Status
Compat
Notes
sentry/sentry-laravel Sentry integration
🟢
13/12/11
Official. Exceptions, performance traces, breadcrumbs.
bugsnag/bugsnag-laravel Bugsnag integration
🟢
13/12/11
Alternative
Tool
Type
Notes
🧩 PgBouncer
External
Postgres connection pooler. Use session mode for prepared statements/advisory locks
🧩 pgvector
Postgres extension
Vector similarity search. Native support in Laravel 13.
🧩 PostGIS
Postgres extension
Geospatial indexing — the scalable path beyond haversine-in-PHP
🧩 Redis Sentinel / Cluster
External
HA Redis for queues + cache + sessions
🧩 librdkafka
System lib
Required for ext-rdkafka
Tool
Type
Notes
🧩 monolog/monolog
Library
Underlying logger Laravel ships with
🧩 Loki + Promtail
External
Self-hosted log aggregation
arcanedev/log-viewer Package
In-app log viewer
spatie/laravel-tail Package
artisan tail
opcodesio/log-viewer Package
Modern in-app log viewer
7. Observability — Deep Dive
Package
Notes
lkaemmerling/laravel-horizon-prometheus-exporter Horizon queue metrics for Prometheus — actively maintained
saschahemleb/laravel-prometheus-exporter General-purpose wrapper around promphp/prometheus_client_php
aduzenko/laravel-configurable-prometheus Config-driven metric definitions, targets Laravel 12/13
promphp/prometheus_client_php Underlying PHP Prometheus client
Storage adapter note: Use Redis as the storage adapter for multi-worker/k8s deploys — in-memory and APCu don't share state across workers.
Package
Notes
keepsuit/laravel-opentelemetry Current best choice — 500k+ installs, active, Laravel 11/12/13. Auto-instruments HTTP, DB, queues, Redis, cache, events, Livewire, Scout. Explicit Octane worker-mode support.
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-auto-laravel Official OTel PHP auto-instrumentation (more manual setup)
For Octane: set OTEL_* env vars at process/container level, not just .env.
Package
Notes
sentry/sentry-laravel Official first-party integration — exceptions, performance traces, breadcrumbs
bugsnag/bugsnag-laravel Alternative error tracking
8. Queue Monitoring — Horizon vs Telescope vs Pulse Direct answer to "can I see queue/job reduction in Telescope?": partially, not really for production monitoring.
Tool
What It Shows
Fit for Job/Queue Visibility
⭐ laravel/horizon
Purpose-built for Redis queues — live dashboard of jobs (pending/processing/completed/failed), throughput graphs, wait-time metrics, per-queue breakdown, failed job retry UI, tags for filtering by job type.
This is the right tool for queue monitoring at scale. Use this, not Telescope, for production job visibility. [reference:40]
⭐ laravel/telescope
Records individual job dispatches/executions as part of general request/event debugging — good for "did this one job run and what did it do"
Not built for live throughput/backlog monitoring — it's a debug log, not an operations dashboard. Fine for dev, wrong tool for watching queue depth in prod.
⭐ laravel/pulse
App-wide performance dashboard — slow jobs, slow queries, exceptions, usage by user, queue sizes as one panel among several. Cards for server health (CPU, memory, storage via pulse:check), top application usage, slow requests, slow jobs, slow queries, slow outgoing requests, cache hit/miss rates. [reference:41]
Good complementary high-level view; pairs with Horizon rather than replacing it.
spatie/laravel-schedule-monitor Monitors scheduled tasks (cron), not queued jobs — alerts if a scheduled command didn't run
Different problem: use alongside Horizon, not instead of it
Prometheus + Grafana (via lkaemmerling/laravel-horizon-prometheus-exporter)Exports Horizon's own metrics for long-term retention/alerting (Horizon's UI itself doesn't retain history well)
Add this once Horizon's built-in UI isn't enough for historical trend/alerting needs
For your setup: Horizon as the primary queue dashboard (real-time, per-queue), Pulse for overall app health at a glance, Prometheus+Grafana exporter once you need alerting/history beyond what Horizon's UI retains. Telescope stays for local dev debugging only — don't rely on it in production at this scale.
9. University Multi-Module Platform Stack Given the actual shape of the project — five Laravel projects: a combined booking system (hostel + transport + hall booking) and a separate full SIS (admissions → course catalog → marks → attendance) — here's what maps to each module.
Booking System (Hostel / Transport / Hall)
Package
Purpose
spatie/laravel-model-states Booking state machine (requested → confirmed → checked-in → completed → cancelled)
netsells/laravel-geoscope Distance/geofence queries for transport routing (nearest stop, route matching)
spatie/laravel-google-calendar If hall/room bookings need calendar sync for staff
Custom double-booking prevention: DB-level unique constraints + pessimistic locking (lockForUpdate())Not a package — at this scale, race conditions on hostel room/hall slot booking need row-level locks, not application-level checks. This is the actual hard problem in a booking system, not a package gap.
spatie/laravel-sluggable Clean URLs for hall/room listings
⭐ laravel/reverb
Live seat/room availability updates without polling
spatie/laravel-webhook-client / webhook-server If transport booking integrates with an external fleet/GPS provider
Student Information System (Admissions → Catalog → Courses → Marks → Attendance)
Package
Purpose
spatie/laravel-permission Role separation: student / faculty / admin / registrar — non-negotiable for a system this size
spatie/laravel-model-states Admission pipeline state machine (applied → verified → admitted → enrolled → graduated)
maatwebsite/excel Bulk marks upload/download, attendance import from biometric/RFID exports
barryvdh/laravel-dompdf or spatie/laravel-pdf Marksheets, admit cards, transcripts, ID cards
spatie/laravel-activitylog Audit trail — mandatory for marks/attendance edits (academic integrity, dispute resolution)
spatie/laravel-medialibrary Admission documents, photos, certificates
Attendance at scale: Kafka (mateusjunges/laravel-kafka) or Redis Streams, not direct DB writesIf attendance is captured via biometric/RFID at thousands of scan events per minute across campus, direct synchronous DB writes will choke — queue the events, batch-write
dedoc/scramble If SIS exposes an API to the booking system / mobile app — keep the OpenAPI spec accurate across 5 projects
Cross-Cutting (shared across all 5 projects)
Need
Package/Approach
Single sign-on across all 5 Laravel apps
laravel/passport as a central OAuth2 server, or workos/workos-php for SSO — one auth service, not 5 separate login systems
Shared UI kit across projects
filamentphp/filament for all admin panels — consistent look/UX across hostel/transport/hall/SIS admin screens with one shared design system
Inter-service communication
Kafka (mateusjunges/laravel-kafka) — SIS enrolls a student → event → hostel/transport systems react (auto-allocate room, activate transport pass) without tight coupling
Shared config/secrets across 5 deployments
Not a package — a shared .env management strategy (Vault, or even a private Composer package holding shared config helpers) matters more at 5-project scale than any single package
Piece
Notes
laravel/sail Fine for local dev, not what you run in production at 500k req/sec — don't confuse the two
Multi-stage Dockerfile with FrankenPHP base image Production image should build once, run everywhere — Octane+FrankenPHP in the container, not PHP-FPM [reference:42]
Docker Compose for local multi-service dev (5 apps + Redis + Postgres + Kafka)Practical for local dev across 5 interconnected Laravel projects; not what you'd run in prod at this scale — prod needs orchestration
Kubernetes / Nomad, or your own Porter (Firecracker microVM) At 500k req/sec across 5 services, plain docker run on a few boxes isn't enough — you need real orchestration for autoscaling, rolling deploys, health-checked restarts. This is exactly the problem your own Porter project is aimed at — worth using your own tooling here rather than reaching for vanilla Coolify/Dokploy, which are built for much smaller scale.
PgBouncer Mandatory in front of Postgres at this write volume — see Database & Infra
Redis Sentinel or Redis Cluster A single Redis instance backing Horizon queues + cache + sessions will itself become the bottleneck at this scale — needs HA/clustering
Bottom line on Docker + 500k req/sec + 5 Laravel projects: the container runtime (Docker) is the easy part. The hard part is orchestration and traffic shaping across 5 services with shared identity/auth and an event bus tying them together — that's an infra design problem your existing Porter/dispatchd-go work is already positioned to solve better than any Composer package list can.
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