# gothinkster/laravel-realworld-example-app

Exemplary real world backend API built with Laravel

Repository: https://github.com/gothinkster/laravel-realworld-example-app
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-realworld-example-app
Homepage: https://realworld.io
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, backend, rest-api, crud, jwt, demo-app, realworld, codebase
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-04-22T22:02:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3411, "days_push": 1594, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1201, forks 1026 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.152333+00:00)

## What it is
An exemplary Laravel backend implementing the RealWorld (Medium.com clone) API spec, demonstrating CRUD, JWT authentication, and real-world patterns. It serves as a reference codebase for learning how to build production-style Laravel REST APIs.

## Use cases
- learn how to build a REST API with Laravel
- see a real-world Laravel codebase with auth and CRUD
- find a Laravel backend to pair with a RealWorld frontend
- study JWT authentication in Laravel
- use a Medium clone API as a starting point for a new app
- compare Laravel API patterns against other framework implementations

## When to choose
- you want a spec-compliant RealWorld backend in PHP/Laravel
- you're learning Laravel and need more than a todo demo
- you need a ready-made API to connect a RealWorld frontend to

## When to avoid
- you need a production application to deploy as-is — it's a demo/reference
- you're not using PHP or Laravel
- you need actively maintained code with recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: api-framework, auth, web-framework, orm
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, education, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: laravel, rest-api, jwt, crud, realworld-spec, demo-app, medium-clone, example-codebase, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- gothinkster/laravel-realworld-example-app (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.152333+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 2026-08-30T06:20:41.525229+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gothinkster/laravel-realworld-example-app (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.152333+00:00, sha ba4e49a7ff51)
  - homepage: https://realworld.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:48.478373+00:00, sha b277ff89d0e7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.