# laravelio/laravel.io

The Laravel.io Community Portal.

Repository: https://github.com/laravelio/laravel.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravelio
Homepage: https://laravel.io
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, community, forums, php
Last push: 2026-08-21T03:06:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4733, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2497, forks 660 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:56.729485+00:00)

## What it is
The open-source codebase behind Laravel.io, the official community portal for the Laravel PHP framework, providing forums, articles, and user profiles. It is a full Laravel web application rather than a reusable library.

## Use cases
- run a community forum for developers
- self-host a discussion portal built with Laravel
- study a production Laravel codebase to learn best practices
- contribute to the Laravel.io community site
- build a Q&A or thread-based community platform in PHP

## When to choose
- you want to inspect or contribute to the actual Laravel.io site
- you need a real-world Laravel reference application with tests and CI
- you are building a forum-style community portal in PHP/Laravel

## When to avoid
- you need a reusable forum package or library to install via Composer
- you want a generic forum solution not tied to Laravel conventions
- you need a headless or API-only discussion backend

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, http-server, search-engine, auth
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: laravel, community-portal, forum, php, open-source-website, community, forums, web-server

## Member repositories
- laravelio/laravel.io (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.729485+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 2026-08-30T02:27:08.363048+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravelio/laravel.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:56.729485+00:00, sha f863737ff5d2)
  - homepage: https://laravel.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:09:17.800342+00:00, sha 95a2fb2acc0b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.