Best Laravel Boilerplates and Starter Kits in 2026

Laravel: The Productive Framework

Laravel in 2026 is a complete platform — not just a framework. Forge for deployment, Nova for admin, Horizon for queues, Reverb for WebSockets, Vapor for serverless, Pulse for monitoring. No other framework ecosystem comes close to this integration.

For PHP developers building SaaS, Laravel's boilerplate ecosystem offers options from free starter kits to premium billing packages.

Quick Comparison

Starter	Price	Auth	Billing	Admin	Best For
Laravel Spark	$99	Jetstream	Stripe + Paddle	❌ (Nova)	Enterprise billing
Wave	Free	Built-in	Stripe	✅ Built-in	Complete free SaaS
Jetstream	Free	Full (official)	❌	❌	Auth + teams foundation
Breeze	Free	Basic (official)	❌	❌	Minimal auth starter
Filament	Free	Built-in	❌	✅ Excellent	Admin panel focused

The Starters

Laravel Spark — Best Billing

Price: $99 | Creator: Taylor Otwell (official)

The official SaaS billing package. Stripe and Paddle support, per-seat billing, metered billing, invoice generation, and team management. Not a complete app — it adds billing to your existing Laravel application.

Choose if: You need enterprise-grade billing features on Laravel.

Wave — Best Free Complete

Price: Free | Creator: DevDojo

Complete SaaS application with themes, blog CMS, admin panel, notifications, and Stripe billing. More opinionated than Spark but gives you everything for $0.

Choose if: You want a free, complete Laravel SaaS application.

Jetstream — Best Auth Foundation

Price: Free | Creator: Taylor Otwell (official)

Official authentication starter with team management, two-factor auth, API tokens, and profile management. Supports Livewire or Inertia (Vue/React). No billing — add Spark or Cashier.

Choose if: You want an official auth foundation to build your SaaS on.

Breeze — Best Minimal Starter

Price: Free | Creator: Laravel (official)

Minimal authentication scaffold. Simpler than Jetstream — just login, registration, and password reset. Supports Blade, Livewire, React (Inertia), or Vue (Inertia).

Choose if: You want the simplest possible starting point on Laravel.

Filament — Best Admin Panel

Price: Free | Creator: Filament team

Not a SaaS boilerplate per se, but the best admin panel builder for Laravel. Auto-generates CRUD interfaces, dashboards, and forms from your Eloquent models. Comparable to Ruby's Avo.

Choose if: You're building admin-heavy or data-management SaaS.

Laravel's Advantages in 2026

Ecosystem integration — Forge, Nova, Horizon, Vapor, Pulse, Pennant, Reverb all work together
Hosting affordability — PHP runs on $5/month shared hosting
Background jobs — Laravel's queue system is production-grade (Sidekiq-level)
Real-time — Laravel Reverb handles WebSockets natively
PHP 8.3+ performance — type safety, enums, fibers, JIT compilation
Hiring — PHP developers are available globally at competitive rates

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