# laravel/framework

Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel/framework
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/framework
Homepage: https://laravel.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, framework, laravel
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:29:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4983, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 221}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 34882, forks 11962 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.679859+00:00)

## What it is
Laravel is a batteries-included PHP web application framework with expressive syntax, covering routing, ORM (Eloquent), templating (Blade), queues, authentication, and testing. It is a progressive framework that scales from beginner projects to large professional applications, with recent releases adding AI-native workflows and vector search primitives.

## Use cases
- build a full-stack web application in PHP
- create a REST or JSON:API backend
- manage database schema migrations and ORM models
- run background jobs and scheduled tasks
- render server-side HTML with Blade templates
- add authentication and validation to a web app
- build real-time event broadcasting features

## When to choose
- you want a batteries-included PHP framework with strong conventions and documentation
- you need routing, ORM, queues, auth, and testing out of the box
- you are building anything from a small site to a large professional web application
- you want first-party AI SDK integration and vector search in a PHP stack

## When to avoid
- you are not working in PHP
- you want a minimal microframework with no opinions
- you need a frontend-only JavaScript framework
- your team prefers assembling components yourself over a cohesive stack

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, routing, orm, templating, middleware, auth, caching, message-queue, testing, api-framework
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, apis
- platform: php, cross-platform, cli
- tags: mvc, eloquent, blade, queues, dependency-injection, full-stack, batteries-included, ai-native, web-server

## Member repositories
- laravel/framework (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.679859+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:27:22.688904+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel/framework (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.679859+00:00, sha 630fad661e43)
  - homepage: https://laravel.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:21.701131+00:00, sha 0d9667b7aaff)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/docs/frontend (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:21.711808+00:00, sha b1976cb183ff)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/framework/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:21.703732+00:00, sha 4948047657aa)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/framework/docs/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:21.705948+00:00, sha b94649cdda2d)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:21.707666+00:00, sha 2736e33121b1)
  - site_page: https://laravel.com/cloud/docs/preview-environments (fetched 2026-08-29T07:48:21.709983+00:00, sha b5b7ceb9e1af)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.