- Is rappasoft/laravel-5-boilerplate still maintained?
- No. The repository is archived and the last release was January 17, 2022, so there is no active maintenance or release cadence. You will not receive upstream fixes for Laravel core updates, Spatie permissions, Socialite, or the boilerplate's own authentication and user-management code. Treat it as a frozen codebase or reference, not a maintained dependency.
- Can I install rappasoft/laravel-boilerplate with Composer as a package?
- Not in the usual sense. It is a full Laravel application skeleton, not a library with a vendor boundary, so adoption means cloning or forking the repository into a new project. Composer is used to install its dependencies, but composer update will not upgrade the boilerplate itself because there is no package contract or semver path. After forking, you own every controller, model, view, route, migration, and config file.
- What Laravel versions does Laravel Boilerplate support?
- The last 2022 release is a Laravel 8-era skeleton, even though the package name references Laravel 5 from its earlier history. It is several major versions behind current Laravel and does not target Laravel 9, 10, or 11 directory structure or starter-kit conventions. Moving it to a current Laravel release is a bespoke migration project with no upstream branch to diff against.
- How do I install rappasoft/laravel-5-boilerplate?
- Installation is a scaffold-and-detach process: clone or fork the repository into a new project, remove the upstream Git history, and establish it as your own codebase with your own licence and notice handling. Then pin and audit the full composer.lock immediately, because the dependency set is from 2022 and will need security review before use. There is no supported composer require flow that keeps you connected to upstream fixes.
- Does Laravel Boilerplate include roles and permissions?
- Yes. It ships with user and role management, access control, and Spatie laravel-permission integration, along with a backend dashboard and user and role CRUD. That is useful as a reference for permission-model patterns. However, you inherit pre-written authentication and authorization code that your team did not review, so budget for a security review of that entire surface.
- Can I use Laravel Boilerplate for a new Laravel 11 project?
- You should not use it as the foundation for a greenfield Laravel 11 application. The archived 2022 Laravel 8-era skeleton is several major versions behind, and Laravel 9, 10, and 11 introduced changed directory structure, Sanctum-first auth, updated PHP minimums, and official starter kits. Adopting it means inheriting an older opinionated architecture and then owning a custom migration with no upstream support. Use Laravel's official starter kits, Breeze, Jetstream, or Filament instead.
- Is Laravel Boilerplate safe for production?
- It carries significant production risk because the repository is archived and receives no security patches for Laravel core, Spatie permission, Socialite, or its own auth and user-management code. Any CVE in a transitive dependency becomes your team's on-call work, and the 2022 dependency set may resist PHP 8.2 and 8.3 adoption. If you use it at all, treat it as inherited code requiring a full security review and a clear exit strategy.
- What frontend stack does Laravel Boilerplate use?
- It assumes Blade templating with a Bootstrap 4-era frontend, backend and frontend route separation, session-based web auth, breadcrumbs, and localization wiring. That is a reasonable fit for a traditional server-rendered admin-plus-public-site application. For an API-first, SPA, or Inertia application, much of the scaffold is dead weight you will delete or replace.
- How do I upgrade Laravel Boilerplate to Laravel 10 or 11?
- There is no supported upgrade path. Because the boilerplate has no vendor boundary or semver contract, you cannot rely on composer update to move it forward; you must perform a bespoke migration of the application code, dependencies, auth flow, and directory structure. Model that cost explicitly before choosing it, especially if you forked it years ago and have local changes. In many cases rebuilding on a current official starter kit is cheaper.
- What are the alternatives to rappasoft/laravel-boilerplate?
- The ecosystem has moved to Laravel's official starter kits, Laravel Breeze, Jetstream, and Filament for admin panels, along with Spatie packages for roles and permissions. These alternatives are actively maintained and target current Laravel versions. If you only need the permission model or admin CRUD patterns, extract those ideas from the boilerplate as a reference rather than adopting the whole archived application.