I Built a Production-Ready Laravel SaaS Starter Kit

#saas #laravel #php #webdev

Starting a new SaaS project often means rebuilding the same foundation:

Authentication
Password reset
Email verification
Dashboard layouts
User management
Settings pages
Database structure
Docker configuration
Email testing
Authorization and validation
That repetitive setup can take days before the actual product work begins.

I built Laravel SaaS Starter Kit to provide a clean, extensible starting point for SaaS products, MVPs, internal tools, and client applications.

What’s included?
Laravel 13 and PHP 8.3+
Registration, login, logout, and remember me
Password reset and email verification
Login throttling and secure password hashing
Responsive Blade and Tailwind dashboard
Database-backed dashboard statistics
Admin-only user management
Search and pagination
User roles and authorization policies
Profile, password, and account settings
MySQL migrations and seeders
Docker Compose support
Mailpit for local email testing
Vite and Tailwind CSS
PHPUnit feature tests
Production setup and deployment documentation
Custom error pages and reusable Blade components
The project includes realistic demo data so the dashboard feels useful immediately after seeding the database.

Why I built it
I wanted a Laravel foundation that felt closer to something a professional developer or small agency would actually use, rather than a basic tutorial project.

The goal is to remove repetitive infrastructure work while keeping the code familiar and easy to customize. It uses Laravel-native patterns such as controllers, policies, Eloquent models, Blade components, migrations, factories, and feature tests.

Built for
Freelance developers
SaaS founders
Web agencies
Full-stack developers
Small development teams
Internal tools and MVPs
The starter kit is available as a downloadable product for developers who want to move from idea to working SaaS foundation faster.

I’d love to hear what you usually build first when starting a new Laravel SaaS project. Which repetitive setup task takes the most time for you?