README

Argora Foundry is a lightweight and extensible PHP boilerplate built to accelerate the development of modern control panels, SaaS platforms, and internal tools. Designed with developer productivity in mind, it combines a clean architecture, reusable components, and a ready-to-use user panel to help you launch faster—without compromising flexibility or quality.

🚀 Features

Modular Architecture – Organize your code effortlessly with a clear, scalable structure inspired by proven patterns.
Built-in Control Panel – A modern and customizable UI template for managing users, settings, and services out of the box.
SaaS-Ready – Includes essential SaaS features like user authentication, roles & permissions, usage tracking, and more.
Modern Stack – Powered by PHP 8+, Slim 4 Framework, Twig templates, and Tabler UI for a clean frontend.
Extensible & Tested – Designed to be extended with custom modules, and includes support for PHPUnit or Pest for reliable testing.

🛠️ Ideal For

SaaS startups launching fast without reinventing the wheel
Developers building internal dashboards or admin panels
Agencies delivering multiple client control panels from a common core

🧱 Philosophy

Argora Foundry is not a full-stack framework, but a focused foundation. It gives you the essentials—routing, user management, templates, modular structure—without locking you in. You stay in control of your stack, while we handle the heavy lifting.

🧩 Components

(TBD)

Category	Package	Integrated
Storage	league/flysystem	❌
Database	pinga/db	✅
Forms	jarzon/form	❌
Cookies	pinga/cookie or [dflydev/dflydev-fig-cookies]	❌
Session	pinga/session or compwright/php-session neoflow/session	❌
Cache	pinga/cache or matthiasmullie/scrapbook	❌
Backup	PHPBU	❌
Payment	utopia-php/pay	❌
DB Audit	setbased/php-audit	❌
KYC	Ballerine	❌
Admin UI	Tabler	✅
Benchmark	eypsilon/MycroBench or phpbench/phpbench	❌

📦 Installation

To create a new project using Argora Foundry:

composer create-project argora/foundry your-project-name
cd your-project-name
cp env-sample .env

Make sure to configure your .env with your database and app settings.

php bin/install-db.php
php -S localhost:8080 -t public

🙏 Acknowledgments

Argora Foundry is based on hezecom/slim-starter, an excellent Slim Framework 4 starter project by Hezekiah Omotsuebe.
We’ve extended and restructured it for SaaS platforms, admin panels, and modern boilerplate needs.

argora / foundry

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