Overview
This section brings together articles that can’t be pinned to a specific Laravel feature. It covers a broad range of topics useful in real-world development, including new version release information, upgrade guides, initial research on official packages, and development environment setup.Changelog
June 2026
Bus::bulk(), Postgres transaction pooler, MCP client/server, artisan dev, route metadata, Symfony on Cloud.
May 2026
@fonts Blade directive, Interruptible jobs, subagent support, Cloud Scale-to-Zero, Managed Queues.
April 2026
Passkeys (passwordless authentication), Debounceable Jobs, MCP UI App, full Redis Cluster support.
March 2026
Laravel 13 release, AI SDK, JSON:API, Inertia v3, and numerous package updates.
Initial research on new repositories
Laravel Maestro — the starter kit orchestrator
Learn how Maestro manages multiple starter kit variants in a single monorepo.
Laravel Sentinel — route protection middleware research
A driver-based route protection middleware. See how it guards administrative tools.
Laravel's new code analysis ecosystem
An introduction to the static analysis ecosystem built from three packages: surveyor, ranger, and roster.
Laravel Passkeys initial research
Initial research into passkeys-server (PHP) and @laravel/passkeys (npm). Covers installation, configuration, and the frontend API.
laravel/agent-skills — Laravel's official AI agent skills
An overview of skills provided as plugins for Claude Code and Cursor, including installation and details on each skill.
Laravel Agent Detector — AI agent detection package
Learn about the official Laravel package that detects execution environments for major AI agents such as Claude, Copilot, and Cursor.
Laravel PAO — output optimization for AI agents
A package that compresses PHPUnit, Pest, PHPStan, and Artisan output into JSON, cutting token consumption by up to 99.8%.
Upgrade guides
Upgrade guide: Laravel 12 to 13
Upgrade steps, breaking changes, deprecations, and new feature highlights when moving from Laravel 12 to 13.
Upgrade guide: Laravel 11 to 12
Upgrade steps and major changes when moving from Laravel 11 to 12.
Upgrading from Laravel 10 to 11
Upgrade steps and major changes for moving from Laravel 10 to 11.
Upgrading from Laravel 9 to 10
Upgrade steps and major changes for moving from Laravel 9.x to 10.x.
Upgrading from Laravel 8 to 9
Upgrade steps and major changes for moving from Laravel 8.x to 9.x.
New versions and features
Laravel 13 new features overview
A summary of the major new features and improvements in Laravel 13, released in March 2026.
Official packages and products
Build SPAs with Inertia.js
An introduction to Inertia.js v3, which delivers SPAs without an API. See how it connects a Laravel backend to Vue, React, or Svelte.
⚡ Getting started with Livewire 4
Learn how to use Livewire 4 to build interactive UIs without writing JavaScript—from installation to hands-on examples.
Getting started with Laravel Telescope
From HTTP requests to spotting N+1 problems, learn how to use a debugging and monitoring tool that dramatically improves development efficiency.
Implement feature flags with Laravel Pennant
Learn how the official feature flag package enables gradual rollouts, A/B testing, and beta feature management.
Getting started with Laravel Nightwatch
Differences from Telescope and Pulse, installation, and settings that make the free plan practical.
Getting started with Laravel testing using Pest PHP
An introduction to Pest PHP—the default from Laravel 11—from a senior engineer’s perspective. Covers differences from PHPUnit and migration costs.
Laravel Cloud — a full look at the Laravel-native PaaS
Laravel Cloud, launched in 2025. Learn how it differs from Forge, what it’s good and bad at, and the benefits of using it.
Laravel Cloud Hibernation (auto-sleep)
How Laravel Cloud’s auto-hibernation feature works, how to enable it, its limitations, and how Path Blocking prevents unwanted wake-ups.
Introducing the Blaze package
Learn how Livewire’s official Blaze package speeds up Blade component rendering.
Introducing Laravel Wayfinder
Learn about Laravel Wayfinder, adopted in the Inertia starter kits following Ziggy. See how it type-safely connects your TypeScript frontend.
Development environments and tools
Installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js with Homebrew (macOS)
A step-by-step guide to setting up a Laravel development environment on macOS by installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js via Homebrew.
Installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js on WSL (Windows)
A guide to setting up a Laravel development environment on Windows 10/11 by installing PHP, Composer, and Node.js on WSL 2.