Laravel Skeleton with Strict Configs

A strict, production-ready Laravel Livewire starter with opinionated defaults for code quality, static analysis, and maintainability. Built on top of livewire starter kit

Tech Stack

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• Laravel 13.x
• Livewire 4.x
• Pest PHP (testing)
• PHPStan (static analysis)
• Laravel Pint (formatting)
• Rector (automated refactoring)

Features

• Strict and opinionated Laravel configuration. See app/Providers/AppServiceProvider
• Action-based architecture (make:action command for creating new action classes)
• Static analysis with PHPStan (level 6). See phpstan.neon
• Automated refactoring with Rector. See rector.php
• Consistent code style via Laravel Pint. See pint.json
• Full testing setup using Pest.
• Built-in log viewer for debugging.

Philosophy

This template enforces:

• Explicit over implicit
• Static analysis first
• Small, testable classes (Actions pattern)
• Minimal magic
• Production-ready defaults

Getting Started

1. Create your project based on this template

Using GitHub CLI

gh repo create <your-project> --template amyavari/laravel-skeleton-strict-configs --clone
cd <your-project>

Using GitHub GUI

• Click the "Use this template" button on this page and create your repository.
• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/<your-project>.git
cd <your-project>

2. Install dependencies

composer install
npm install

3. Setup environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

4. Run migrations

php artisan migrate

5. Start development

php artisan serve
npm run dev

Contributing

All contributions are highly welcomed!

License

Laravel Skeleton with Strict Configs was created by Ali Mohammad Yavari under the MIT license.