Laravel Mobile API Starter Kit

Minimal type safe starter kit for mobile-first apps with OTP and action pattern.

Why use it?

• OTP over magic link for better mobile UX
• Versioned API routes
• Action pattern
• Cruddy controllers
• Type safe with PHPStan level max
• Consistency and refactoring with Rector and Pint
• AI ready with Laravel Boost
• Better defaults, thanks to Essentials
• Feature, unit and architecture tests

Getting Started

You need:

• PHP 8.5+
• Composer
• A database driver supported by Laravel

Create the app:

composer create-project gruya/laravel-mobile-api-starter-kit --prefer-dist example-app

Move in and set it up:

cd example-app
composer setup

Start local dev:

composer dev

Check the project:

composer test

That runs Rector check, Pint check, PHPStan, and the Laravel test suite.

Available Tooling

Development

• composer dev - Runs the Laravel server, queue listener, and Pail logs

Code Quality

• composer refactor - Runs Rector and changes code
• composer test:refactor - Runs Rector without changing files
• composer lint - Runs Pint and fixes PHP style
• composer test:lint - Runs Pint without changing files

Testing

• composer test:types - Runs PHPStan/Larastan
• composer test:unit - Clears Laravel config and runs tests
• composer test - Runs all checks above

Similar recommended kits

All this kits have PHPStan level max with pint and rector

• Laravel API Kit: Spatie oriented with different pattern
• Laravel Inertia & React: Web only with similar patter
• Laravel Inertia & Vue: Web only with similar patter
• Laravel Blade: Web only with similar patter

License

This Starter Kit was created by Gruya under the MIT license.