dragonofmercy/laravel-vue-starter-kit

The skeleton application for the Laravel framework.

dev-main 2026-07-29 12:24 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.5
• inertiajs/inertia-laravel: ^3.0
• laravel/framework: ^13.0
• laravel/tinker: ^3.0
• laravel/wayfinder: ^0.1.20
• thiagoprz/eloquent-composite-key: ^1.0

Requires (Dev)

• fakerphp/faker: ^1.23
• laravel/pail: ^1.2.5
• laravel/pint: ^1.27
• mockery/mockery: ^1.6
• nunomaduro/collision: ^8.6
• phpunit/phpunit: ^13.2

MIT

• framework
• laravel

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-29 12:27 UTC

README

A lightweight starter kit for Laravel with Vue 3 and Inertia.js — without the bloat of other official starter kits.

🎯 Philosophy

This starter kit is intentionally minimal and unopinionated. It provides only the bare essentials to kickstart a Laravel + Vue 3 application via Inertia.js, leaving you free to structure your project however you see fit.

✨ Tech Stack

Back-end

• Laravel 13 — PHP 8.5+
• Inertia.js (Laravel) ^3.0 — Bridge between Laravel and Vue
• Laravel Wayfinder ^0.1 — Type-safe Laravel routes and controllers on the client side
• Laravel Tinker ^3.0 — REPL for the application

Front-end

• TypeScript ^5.2 — Typed JavaScript, used across all front-end code
• Vue 3 ^3.5 — Reactive framework with full TypeScript support
• Inertia.js (Vue 3) ^3.0 — Vue adapter for Inertia
• Tailwind CSS 4 ^4.1 — Utility-first CSS framework
• Reka UI ^2.9 — Unstyled, accessible component primitives
• Lucide — Icon set for Vue
• VueUse ^12.8 — Collection of Vue composition utilities
• Vite 8 ^8.0 — Lightning-fast bundler

Tooling

• vite-plugin-mkcert — Automatic local HTTPS
• laravel-vite-plugin ^3.0 — Vite/Laravel integration
• @laravel/vite-plugin-wayfinder — Generates Wayfinder route/controller bindings
• vue-tsc ^2.2 — Type checking for .vue and .ts files
• ESLint + typescript-eslint — Linting with TypeScript rules
• Prettier — Code formatting (with Tailwind class sorting)
• Laravel Pint — PHP code style fixer
• Laravel Pail — Real-time log viewer

🚀 Getting Started

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.5
• Composer
• Node.js >= 20
• npm

Steps

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/dragonofmercy/laravel-vue-starter-kit.git
   cd laravel-vue-starter-kit

2. Install PHP dependencies

   composer install

3. Install Node.js dependencies

   npm install

4. Set up the environment

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

5. Create the SQLite database (default)

   php artisan migrate

6. Start the development server

   # In two separate terminals:
   php artisan serve
   npm run dev
   
   # Or using concurrently (single terminal):
   npx concurrently "php artisan serve" "npm run dev"

Available scripts

• npm run dev — Start the Vite dev server
• npm run build — Build for production (build:ssr for SSR)
• npm run types:check — Type-check with vue-tsc
• npm run lint / npm run lint:check — Lint (with/without auto-fix)
• npm run format / npm run format:check — Format with Prettier

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Support

If this project helps to increase your productivity, you can give me a cup of coffee :)