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Stop building the same boilerplate. Ship faster.

A production-ready Laravel starter kit that gives you a full admin panel, authentication, role-based access control, security monitoring, and a beautiful UI — all installed with a single command.

Why Apex Starter Kit?

Most Laravel starter kits give you authentication and nothing else. Apex gives you everything your app needs on day one:

A polished public-facing frontend landing page
Full authentication (login, register, password reset, 2FA)
A complete admin backend with real charts and live stats
Role-based access control (RBAC) with fine-grained permissions
Security logs that track every login and suspicious activity
IP blocking to lock out bad actors instantly
CSV and PDF exports on every major data table
Bulk actions, searchable selects, and per-page pagination throughout
A single config file to change the entire theme colour

Built on Laravel + Jetstream + Livewire + Tailwind CSS + Spatie Permission.

What's included

Feature	Details
Frontend landing page	Hero, features, and contact section — ready to customise
Authentication	Login, register, email verification, password reset, 2FA (Fortify + Jetstream)
Admin dashboard	Live stats: total users, verified users, roles, security events. Charts: users by role (doughnut), security activity by month (bar)
User management	Full CRUD with role assignment, search, sort, per-page pagination, CSV export, PDF export, bulk delete
Role management	Create, edit, and delete roles with permission assignment via modal — no page reloads
Permission management	Granular permissions (dashboard, users, security, roles, settings, reports, and more). Bulk actions, export
Security logs	Automatic logging of logins and auth events with IP, user agent, location, and timestamp
IP blocking	Block and unblock IP addresses directly from the security panel
Security exports	Export full security logs as CSV or PDF
Profile management	Update profile info and password (Jetstream)
Theme system	One line in `config/theme.php` changes the entire primary colour across the UI
Dark mode support	UI respects the user's system dark mode preference
Seeded demo data	5 roles, full permission set, and 6 demo users ready to log in

Quick start

Requirements

PHP >= 8.2
Laravel >= 11.0
Composer
Node.js >= 18

1. Require the package

composer require apexglobal/apex-starter-kit

2. Run the installer

php artisan apex:install

One command does everything:

Publishes config, views, assets, controllers, models, routes, and seeders
Registers FortifyServiceProvider and JetstreamServiceProvider in bootstrap/providers.php automatically
Replaces the default welcome page with the Apex landing page
Sets APP_NAME in your .env

3. Publish Spatie Permission migrations (first time only)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Permission\PermissionServiceProvider"

This is kept separate so your migration file is never accidentally overwritten on re-installs.

4. Run migrations

php artisan migrate

5. (Optional) Seed demo data

php artisan db:seed

Creates 5 roles, a full permission set, and 6 demo users (password: password):

Email	Role
mosh@apexglobal.com	super-admin
ashiraf@apexglobal.com	admin
jorine@apexglobal.com	manager
ronnie@apexglobal.com	viewer
taylor@apexglobal.com	user
morgan@apexglobal.com	user

6. Build assets and serve

npm install && npm run build
php artisan serve

Visit http://localhost:8000 — your app is ready.

What you get out of the box

/                    → Public landing page
/login               → Authentication
/dashboard           → Admin dashboard with live stats and charts
/admin/users         → User management (CRUD, export, bulk delete)
/admin/roles         → Role management (modal-based, no page reloads)
/admin/permissions   → Permission management (modal-based)
/admin/security      → Security logs, IP blocking, exports
/user/profile        → Profile and password management

Customisation

Change the theme colour

// config/theme.php
'primary' => '#F97316',  // any hex colour

That one value updates buttons, links, highlights, and accents across the entire UI.

Edit views and controllers

Everything is published into your app — views under resources/views/, controllers under app/Http/Controllers/. You own the code and can modify anything freely.

Installer options

By default apex:install overwrites all existing files so nothing is skipped. Use --safe to preserve files you have already customised.

Option	Description
(no flags)	Install and overwrite everything — recommended for fresh installs
`--safe`	Skip files that already exist (preserves your customisations)
`--config-only`	Publish only config files
`--views-only`	Publish only views
`--assets-only`	Publish only assets
`--stubs-only`	Publish only code stubs (actions, providers, controllers, etc.)

php artisan apex:install              # Fresh install — overwrites everything
php artisan apex:install --safe       # Re-install — skip existing files
php artisan apex:install --views-only # Only re-publish views

Tech stack

Layer	Package
Framework	Laravel 11 / 12
Authentication	Laravel Jetstream + Fortify
Reactive UI	Livewire 3
Styling	Tailwind CSS
Roles & Permissions	Spatie Laravel Permission
PDF export	barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

Support

Email: contact@apexglobal.com
Issues: GitHub Issues
License: MIT

Apex Starter Kit by Apex Global Technologies — build less boilerplate, ship more product.

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