Installation

Generate a plugin

Argument / option	Description
name	Plugin name (asked for if omitted)
--vendor=	Vendor name (asked for if omitted)
--path=	Base path. Defaults to packages/{vendor}/{kebab-name}
--no-plugin	Plain Laravel package without a plugin class
--no-assets	Skip asset scaffolding

The command asks which features to include:

• Laravilt plugin class (panel integration)
• Database migrations
• Blade views
• Web routes and API routes
• CSS assets (Tailwind CSS v4)
• JavaScript assets (Vite)
• arts/ folder with a cover image
• Language files
• GitHub workflows and issue templates
• PHPStan
• Custom Composer details (author, email, license)
• Initialize a Git repository, run composer install, run tests

Defaults for vendor, author, email, license and GitHub sponsor come from config/laravilt-plugins.php (LARAVILT_PLUGINS_DEFAULT_* env keys). Publish it with:

laravilt:make looks for plugins in packages/laravilt/{name}. Use --vendor=laravilt if you want to generate components with it.

Load the plugin in your app

Add the local package to your application's composer.json and require it:

Install an existing plugin

Many plugins ship an install command, for example php artisan laravilt:users:install.

Register it on a panel

Related

• Structure
• Creating a plugin