A modern Laravel + React JSX starter kit that recreates Laravel’s React starter architecture using clean JSX instead of TypeScript.
Built for developers who prefer JavaScript while maintaining a scalable, production-ready full-stack structure.
This starter kit combines Laravel’s backend power with React’s component-driven frontend architecture, making it ideal for SaaS apps, dashboards, admin panels, CRM systems, and custom web applications.
Features
Laravel Backend
React with JSX
Vite Integration
Authentication Scaffolding
SPA-like Experience
Modern Frontend Workflow
Reusable Components
Organized Project Structure
Responsive UI Ready
Production Ready Setup
JavaScript First Approach
Clean Architecture
Installation
Laravel Installer (Recommended)
laravel new my-app --using=ghostcompiler/laravel-react-jsx-starter-kit
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config/app.php
<?php
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Name
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This value is the name of your application, which will be used when the
| framework needs to place the application's name in a notification or
| other UI elements where an application name needs to be displayed.
|
*/
'name' => env('APP_NAME', 'Laravel'),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Environment
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This value determines the "environment" your application is currently
| running in. This may determine how you prefer to configure various
| services the application utilizes. Set this in your ".env" file.
|
*/
'env' => env('APP_ENV', 'production'),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Debug Mode
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| When your application is in debug mode, detailed error messages with
| stack traces will be shown on every error that occurs within your
| application. If disabled, a simple generic error page is shown.
|
*/
'debug' => (bool) env('APP_DEBUG', false),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application URL
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This URL is used by the console to properly generate URLs when using
| the Artisan command line tool. You should set this to the root of
| the application so that it's available within Artisan commands.
|
*/
'url' => env('APP_URL', 'http://localhost'),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Timezone
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may specify the default timezone for your application, which
| will be used by the PHP date and date-time functions. The timezone
| is set to "UTC" by default as it is suitable for most use cases.
|
*/
'timezone' => 'UTC',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Locale Configuration
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The application locale determines the default locale that will be used
| by Laravel's translation / localization methods. This option can be
| set to any locale for which you plan to have translation strings.
|
*/
'locale' => env('APP_LOCALE', 'en'),
'fallback_locale' => env('APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE', 'en'),
'faker_locale' => env('APP_FAKER_LOCALE', 'en_US'),
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Encryption Key
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This key is utilized by Laravel's encryption services and should be set
| to a random, 32 character string to ensure that all encrypted values
| are secure. You should do this prior to deploying the application.
|
*/
'cipher' => 'AES-256-CBC',
'key' => env('APP_KEY'),
'previous_keys' => [
...array_filter(
explode(',', (string) env('APP_PREVIOUS_KEYS', ''))
),
],
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Maintenance Mode Driver
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| These configuration options determine the driver used to determine and
| manage Laravel's "maintenance mode" status. The "cache" driver will
| allow maintenance mode to be controlled across multiple machines.
|
| Supported drivers: "file", "cache"
|
*/
'maintenance' => [
'driver' => env('APP_MAINTENANCE_DRIVER', 'file'),
'store' => env('APP_MAINTENANCE_STORE', 'database'),
],
];