Starter Template

An opinionated, production-grade starting point for web applications. It ships a complete authentication and account-management foundation so you can begin building product features on day one instead of wiring up the basics.

The codebase is intentionally business-logic free: the only bounded context is Security (authentication, account settings, admin). Everything else is yours to build.

Stack

• Laravel 13 / PHP 8.5
• Filament 5 admin panel (/admin)
• Inertia.js v3 + React 19 SPA (TypeScript)
• Fortify + Sanctum authentication: login, registration, password reset, email verification, 2FA (TOTP) and passkeys (WebAuthn)
• Wayfinder for typed, end-to-end route calls
• Tailwind CSS v4 with a shadcn-style component base
• Pest 4 testing (Unit, Feature, Browser, Architecture)

Everything runs in Docker via Laravel Sail. Services: Postgres, Valkey, Meilisearch, RustFS (S3), Mailpit, Soketi.

Requirements

• Docker
• The Sail binary: ./vendor/bin/sail (a sail shell alias is recommended)

Rule of thumb: never run php, artisan, composer, node, pnpm or pest directly. Always prefix with ./vendor/bin/sail. Running outside Sail breaks the environment.

Getting started

# 1. Create your environment file
cp .env.example .env

# 2. Bring the containers up
./vendor/bin/sail up -d

# 3. Install dependencies
./vendor/bin/sail composer install
./vendor/bin/sail pnpm install

# 4. Generate the app key and run migrations + seeders
./vendor/bin/sail artisan key:generate
./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate --seed

# 5. Start the dev server
./vendor/bin/sail pnpm dev

The app is now available at the APP_URL set in your .env, and the admin panel at /admin.

The first admin user is created from the AUTH_FOUNDER_* values in your .env. Set them before seeding.

Essential commands

Project layout

Code is organized by bounded context (e.g. App\…\Security\…), and the test suite mirrors app/ under tests/Unit and tests/Feature. Add new features as their own context alongside Security.

app/            Application code, grouped by bounded context
resources/js/   Inertia + React frontend (pages, components)
routes/         web.php, api.php
database/       Migrations, factories, seeders
tests/          Pest tests (Unit, Feature, Browser, Arch)
docs/           Full documentation — start at docs/index.md

Quality gates

The template enforces a high quality bar out of the box, run on every push via Git hooks and in CI:

• PHPStan at max level and 100% type coverage
• Pint (PHP) and ESLint + Prettier (JS/TS) formatting
• Conventional Commits (validated by commitlint)
• Pest test suites: Unit, Feature, Browser, Architecture

Documentation

All project documentation lives in docs/. Start at docs/index.md. AI agents should read AGENTS.md first.

License

Open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.