Hello there? How are you? Ever wondered if it was possible to turn that lovely Laravel project of yours into a desktop app. Well this tutorial if for you.
I will show you guys how to turn a Laravel app into a desktop app. Lets dive in...
Step 1: Download Laravel Electron
If you want to turn Laravel into a Mac Desktop App, then type the following:
git clone https://github.com/blackgeneration/Laravel-Electron-For-MAC-OS.git
If you want to turn laravel into a Windows Desktop App, the type the following:
git clone https://github.com/laravelarticle/laravel-electron.git
Theses repos are almost the same except for a few differences(platform specific tweaks)
Step 2: Install Dependencies
Navigate into the project (cd folder_name) and install dependencies:
npm install OR yarn install
This will install all required dependencies...
Step 3: Run the project
To run the project simple type:
npm start OR yarn start
For MAC OS users preface these commands with sudo like this:
sudo npm start OR sudo yarn start
This should start your project successfully....
You should see something like
Laravel Version So and So
PHP Version So and So
:D
By the way the Laravel version used is 6 and PHP version is 7.2
Have fun!
Top comments (2)
Cool! I just saw an interesting application that runs on Laravel and that I'd prefer not to host, so I'll check this out.
Ok cheers