A FIELD GUIDE TO LARAVEL · VOLUME II · THE ECOSYSTEM
PLATE II.0 · THE TECH TREE
Framework Hosting and deploy Local environment Runtime and ops Data, auth and admin Frontend and kits Testing and tooling Agents and AI I Foundation age 2011 to 2014 · the framework finds its shape II Tooling age 2015 to 2016 · the paid tools arrive III Observability age 2017 to 2019 · queues, tracing and serverless IV Scaffolding age 2020 to 2022 · auth, kits, containers, speed V Craft age 2023 to 2024 · developer experience, then funding VI Platform age 2025 to 2026 · Cloud, Nightwatch, agents VII The next age 2027 onwards · signalled, not yet researched v1 2011 v2 2011 v3 2012 v4 2013 v5 2015 v6 2019 v7 2020 v8 2020 v9 2022 v10 2023 v11 2024 v12 2025 v13 2026 v14 first Laracon $57M Series A Forge 2014 Envoy 2014 Envoyer 2015 Vapor 2019 Laravel Cloud 2025 Laravel VPS 2025 Private Cloud 2026 Go, Py, Rails 2026 Cloud, early 2024 Homestead 2014 Valet 2016 Sail 2020 Herd 2023 Lumen 2015 Echo 2016 Horizon 2017 Telescope 2018 Octane 2021 Pulse 2023 Reverb 2024 Nightwatch 2025 Elixir 2014 Mix 2017 Breeze 2020 Jetstream 2020 Precognition 2022 Folio 2023 Volt 2023 Livewire 3 2023 Inertia 2 2024 Starter kits 2025 Wayfinder 2025 Cashier 2014 Socialite 2014 Spark 2016 Passport 2016 Scout 2016 Nova 2018 Sanctum 2020 Fortify 2020 Pennant 2023 Dusk 2017 Pint 2022 Prompts 2023 Pail 2023 Laravel PAO 2026 Boost 2025 Laravel MCP 2025 AI SDK 2026
Laravel tech tree
Seven ages, eight lanes of research. An arrow is lineage: the earlier technology made the later one possible, or was succeeded by it. It is not a package dependency. A card with a sheet is a link.
framework Cloud platform signalled, not researched Each card is placed by year: a first release on Packagist or npm, a launch, or a milestone such as Livewire 3 (data/packages.json). Ages and mottos are the author's reading. SVG
TITLE
Laravel tech tree · seven ages, eight lanes
SOURCES
Packagist and npm first releases · launch posts · The Monitor · age names and mottos: Extrapolation
STATUS
Draft · unverified
SHEET
II.0
REV
C · 2026-10-08
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FINISH
All faces, including the back