# francescomalatesta/laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt

A Laravel 5.8 API Boilerplate to create a ready-to-use REST API in seconds.

Repository: https://github.com/francescomalatesta/laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, api, rest, jwt, boilerplate, dingo, cors
Last push: 2019-07-10T13:26:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4014, "days_push": 2611, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1174, forks 280 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.012609+00:00)

## What it is
A Laravel 5.8 starter kit that scaffolds a ready-to-use REST API with JWT authentication, built on JWT-Auth, Dingo API, and Laravel-CORS. It ships preconfigured auth controllers and routes for login, signup, token refresh, and password recovery.

## Use cases
- bootstrap a laravel rest api with jwt auth
- scaffold an api-only laravel app in seconds
- set up token-based authentication endpoints quickly
- starting point for a mobile app backend api
- learn how to structure a laravel api project

## When to choose
- you are starting a new Laravel 5.8 API project and want auth wired up out of the box
- you want a quick reference for integrating jwt-auth, Dingo, and CORS in Laravel

## When to avoid
- you use a modern Laravel version (8+), since this targets Laravel 5.8 and is unmaintained
- you need actively maintained security-critical auth code
- you prefer building your API stack from scratch or with newer packages like Sanctum

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, api-framework, middleware
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: laravel, jwt, rest-api, starter-kit, cors, dingo-api, boilerplate, web-server

## Member repositories
- francescomalatesta/laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.012609+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 2026-08-30T08:33:23.465016+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/francescomalatesta/laravel-api-boilerplate-jwt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.012609+00:00, sha 69e76919dd21)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.