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rappasoft/laravel-boilerplate — explained in plain English

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TL;DR

Laravel Boilerplate is a ready-made PHP starter project that gives you user accounts, roles, permissions, an admin panel, two-factor authentication, and 20+ language translations out of the box, so you can skip scaffolding and build what makes your app unique.

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  root((Laravel Boilerplate))
    What it includes
      User management
      Roles and permissions
      Admin panel
      Two-factor auth
    Frontend
      Bootstrap 4
      CoreUI admin panel
      Sortable data tables
    Features
      20+ languages
      User impersonation
      Demo mode
    Tech Stack
      PHP Laravel 8
      Spatie Permission

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Start a new web app with user accounts, roles, and permissions already built in, no scaffolding from scratch.

REASON 2

Add a full admin panel with sortable data tables and user management to a Laravel app within minutes.

REASON 3

Launch a multi-language web app supporting 20+ languages without building the translation layer yourself.

REASON 4

Enable user impersonation so admins can log in as any user to troubleshoot issues directly.

What's in the stack?

PHPLaravelBootstrapCoreUI

How it stacks up

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Stars5,6335,6325,631
LanguagePHPPHPPHP
Setup difficultymoderatehardeasy
Complexity3/54/51/5
Audiencedeveloperops devopsdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a PHP environment with Composer, a database, and a local web server, standard Laravel setup process.

Released under the MIT license, use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

Wtf does this do

Laravel Boilerplate is a starter project for web applications built with Laravel, a popular PHP framework. Instead of starting a new web app from scratch, you clone this repository and get a large set of common features already built and wired together, so you can spend time on the parts of your app that are unique rather than rebuilding the same administrative scaffolding each time. Out of the box the project includes a backend admin panel built on CoreUI, a frontend built on Bootstrap 4, user and role management, and a permissions system handled by the Spatie Permission library. Additional built-in features include two-factor authentication, user impersonation (so an admin can log in as another user to troubleshoot), searchable and sortable data tables, timezone support, and multi-language support covering more than 20 languages. A demo mode is also included. The project targets Laravel 8 and is written in PHP. It is intended for developers who want to start with a working foundation rather than a blank project, particularly for applications that need user accounts and admin controls from day one. A live demo is available at the project website where you can log in with provided test credentials to see what is included. It is released under the MIT license. Support is available via a Slack channel linked in the README, and the author accepts pull requests and feature requests by email.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
I cloned Laravel Boilerplate and want to add a new admin section for managing blog posts. Show me how to create the model, controller, and admin views following the existing pattern.
Prompt 2
How do I add a new permission to Laravel Boilerplate and restrict a route so only users with that permission can access it?
Prompt 3
I want to add German language support to my Laravel Boilerplate project. Walk me through the steps to add the translation files.
Prompt 4
Show me how to enable two-factor authentication for all admin users in Laravel Boilerplate and test it locally.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is laravel-boilerplate?

Laravel Boilerplate is a ready-made PHP starter project that gives you user accounts, roles, permissions, an admin panel, two-factor authentication, and 20+ language translations out of the box, so you can skip scaffolding and build what makes your app unique.

What language is laravel-boilerplate written in?

Mainly PHP. The stack also includes PHP, Laravel, Bootstrap.

What license does laravel-boilerplate use?

Released under the MIT license, use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is laravel-boilerplate to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is laravel-boilerplate for?

Mainly developer.

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