Popular Laravel Packages (Spatie, Laravel Debugbar, etc.)
The Laravel ecosystem has a rich set of community packages that solve common problems so they don't need to be built from scratch.
Spatie Packages
Spatie maintains a large collection of well-regarded Laravel packages, several of which are close to essential in many projects.
| Package | What It Does |
|---|---|
| laravel-permission | Roles and permissions management |
| laravel-medialibrary | Associates files with Eloquent models |
| laravel-backup | Automated database and file backups |
| laravel-query-builder | Build Eloquent queries from API request parameters |
Laravel Debugbar
Laravel Debugbar adds a toolbar to the browser showing queries run, view render times, request data, and route information — extremely useful while developing locally.
composer require barryvdh/laravel-debugbar --devOther Common Picks
- laravel/telescope — a debugging assistant for local development
- intervention/image — image manipulation and resizing
- maatwebsite/excel — importing and exporting Excel/CSV files
Using existing packages covers most needs, but sometimes a team ends up writing enough reusable code of its own that turning it into a proper package makes sense.
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