Laravel
Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. observed · 2026-10-20
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1.0
- age_days: 5031
- days_rel: 4
- days_push: 1
- n_releases_24m: 217
Adoption not part of the score
34966 stars · 12019 forks observed · 2026-10-20
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.99
Laravel is a full‑stack PHP web application framework that provides expressive, elegant syntax and a rich set of tools for building modern web applications. It includes a powerful routing engine, ORM, background job processing, and a vibrant ecosystem of packages and documentation.
Use cases
- build a RESTful API for a SaaS product
- create a server‑rendered web application with Blade templates
- implement complex database interactions using Eloquent ORM
- set up background job queues and real‑time event broadcasting
- rapidly prototype a CRUD admin panel with built‑in scaffolding
- develop a multi‑tenant application with session and cache back‑ends
When to choose
- You are comfortable with PHP and need a mature, opinionated framework with extensive documentation.
- You want built‑in support for routing, ORM, migrations, and queue workers without assembling many separate packages.
- Your project benefits from Laravel's ecosystem (Forge, Vapor, Nova, Horizon) and community resources.
When to avoid
- You require ultra‑lightweight performance or a micro‑framework with minimal overhead.
- Your team prefers a language other than PHP for new development.
- You need fine‑grained control over every component and dislike convention‑over‑configuration.
Facets
framework · maturity active
web-framework api-framework orm routing middleware cli web-development backend php windows cross-platform cli php laravel mvc eloquent blade dependency-injection migration linux macos web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/laravel/framework · fetched 2026-10-20 · 96ddb78ccd05
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| laravel/framework | main | 95 |
| laravel/laravel | examples | 99 |
| laravel/vapor-laravel-template | examples | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="laravel/framework")
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