adiachenko/starter-kit-laravel

The skeleton application for the Laravel framework.

v0.1.0 2026-02-11 10:40 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.4
• laravel/framework: ^12.0

Requires (Dev)

• driftingly/rector-laravel: ^2.1
• fakerphp/faker: ^1.23
• larastan/larastan: ^3.9
• laravel/pail: ^1.2.2
• laravel/pint: ^1.24
• laravel/tinker: ^2.11
• mockery/mockery: ^1.6
• nunomaduro/collision: ^8.6
• pestphp/pest: ^4.3
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^4.0
• rector/rector: ^2.3

MIT

• framework
• laravel

README

What's Different from the Official Laravel Starter

• PHP >=8.4 baseline with declare(strict_types=1) enforced by Pint.
• The default boilerplate is lean and backend/API-friendly rather than frontend-scaffold-heavy.
• AppServiceProvider comes preconfigured with useful safeguards like immutable dates and stricter Eloquent.
• Models are unguarded by default because I trust my validation more than my memory to keep $fillable in sync.
• Tooling is already wired: Pest (parallel tests), PHPStan + Larastan at max level, and Rector for refactors.
• Formatting is consistent out of the box: Pint for PHP and Prettier for everything else.

Installation

Create application (replace example-app with desired project name):

composer create-project adiachenko/starter-kit-laravel --prefer-dist example-app

Navigate to your project and complete the setup:

cd example-app

# Installs dependencies, create .env file, generate app key, run migrations
composer setup

# Initialize git repo
git init
sh install-git-hooks.sh

# Optionally, scaffold API routes with Sanctum or Passport (add --passport flag)
php artisan install:api

Installed Git hooks:

• pre-commit runs composer format
• pre-push runs composer analyse

If you use Fork and hooks misbehave, see this issue.

Development Commands

Command	Purpose
composer test	Run the test suite (pest --compact --parallel).
composer format	Run Laravel Pint and Prettier formatting.
composer analyse	Run static analysis (phpstan).
composer refactor	Apply Rector refactors.
composer coverage	Run tests with local coverage (pest --coverage).
composer coverage:herd	Run coverage via Laravel Herd tooling.

PhpStorm Setup

Recommended setup for consistent formatting:

• Settings | Editor | Code Style: ensure "Enable EditorConfig support" is checked.
• Settings | PHP | Quality Tools | Laravel Pint: use ruleset from pint.json
• Settings | PHP | Quality Tools: set Laravel Pint as external formatter
• Settings | Tools | Actions on Save: enable reformat on save
• Settings | Languages & Frameworks | JavaScript | Prettier: use automatic config, enable "Run on save", and prefer Prettier config. Include md in Prettier file extensions.

VSCode/Cursor Setup

VSCode and Cursor will automatically detect formatting settings defined in the .vscode/ folder – no additional setup is needed beyond installing the suggested extensions.