dsolodev/velkit

Personal and opinionated Laravel framework starter kit with Filament.

v1.0 2026-01-12 09:08 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.5
• filament/filament: ^4.5.2
• laravel/framework: ^12.46
• laravel/tinker: ^2.11.0
• opcodesio/log-viewer: >=3.21.1

Requires (Dev)

• driftingly/rector-laravel: >=2.1.9
• fakerphp/faker: ^1.24.1
• larastan/larastan: >=3.8.1
• laravel/boost: ^1.8.9
• laravel/pail: ^1.2.4
• laravel/pint: ^1.27
• laravel/sail: ^1.52
• mockery/mockery: ^1.6.12
• nunomaduro/collision: ^8.8.3
• pestphp/pest: ^4.3.1
• pestphp/pest-plugin-laravel: ^4.0
• pestphp/pest-plugin-type-coverage: ^4.0.3
• rector/rector: >=2.3

MIT

• framework
• laravel
• starter-kit
• filament

README

Velkit is an opinionated starter kit for Laravel with Filament.

✨ Features

• ✅ Filament 4.1 admin panel pre-configured
• ✅ Log Viewer (opcodesio/log-viewer)
• ✅ Rector, Pint, Prettier for automated code quality
• ✅ PHPStan Level Max (maximum strictness)
• ✅ 100% Type Coverage with Pest

📋 Prerequisites

Before installing Velkit, ensure you have:

• PHP 8.4+
• Laravel Installer (recommended)

Installing Laravel Installer

If you haven't installed the Laravel Installer yet:

composer global require laravel/installer

Make sure Composer's global bin directory is in your PATH.

🚀 Installation

Quick Start with Laravel Installer

You can use the Laravel Installer to install this starter kit.

laravel new my-app --using=dsolodev/velkit
cd my-app

Alternative: Using Composer

composer create-project dsolodev/velkit --prefer-dist example-app
cd my-app

🛠️ Development Tools

Available Commands

# Development
composer dev                    # Start development server with hot reloading, queue worker, and log monitoring

# Code quality
composer lint                   # Auto-fix code style issues and refactoring with Pint, Rector, Prettier
composer test:lint              # Check code style issue and refactoring (dry-run) for CI/CD pipeline

# Testing
composer test:type-coverage     # Check type coverage using Pest
composer test:types             # Run PHPStan analysis at max level
composer test                   # Run full test suite

# Maintenance
composer update:requirements    # Update all PHP and NPM dependencies to the latest versions

Pre-configured Tools

• Pint - Code style fixer (PSR-12 + Laravel)
• Rector - Automated refactoring
• Pest - Testing framework
• Prettier - JS/CSS formatter
• Larastan - PHPStan for Laravel
• Laravel Boost - Laravel AI Agent Starter Kit

📖 Resources

Official Documentation

• Laravel Documentation
• Filament Documentation
• PHPStan Documentation
• Rector Documentation
• Pest Documentation

Packages Used

• laravel/framework - The Laravel Framework
• filament/filament - Admin panel
• opcodesio/log-viewer - Log viewer
• larastan/larastan - PHPStan for Laravel
• pestphp/pest - Testing framework
• driftingly/rector-laravel - Automated refactoring for Laravel
• laravel/boost - Dependency management (dev)

📝 License

Velkit is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

👤 Author

Created by: dsolodev
GitHub: @dsolodev
Repository: dsolodev/velkit