Introduction

Laravel has been created more than 10 years ago. Today it is the most popular PHP framework used by thousands of developers every day. The emerged ecosystem around Laravel is huge and new trends are popping up all the time. The yearly State of Laravel survey is an attempt to gain insights into the representation of the diverse technologies and behaviors of this outstanding community.

The results obtained from 2021 to 2023 can be viewed directly in this report and filtered on each question according to your own preferences by clicking on answers to questions. Have fun experimenting with the results and finding interesting insights in the data.

I permanently see so many different technologies and development practices being used in the Laravel world and they're changing over the years. I started this survey initiative to get an overview of the actual distribution beyond my personal space. Hopefully, you and the whole community can discover as much exciting insights from the results as I did.

—

Tobias Petry

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# Meta

# Participants

How many developers have participated in the survey?

Completed Surveys

+1.06%

2024

4090

2023

4047

2022

2635

2021

4568

Please Note: The number of participants is different each year and dropped significantly in 2021. The distribution of participants may be the same but could also be shifted to include more developers of a particular kind.

# Developer Profile

# Gender

What is your gender identity?

Male

Female

Prefer not to answer

Non-Binary / Third Gender

# Location

What continent do you live on?

Europe

Asia

North America

Africa

South America

Oceania

# Years of Programming Experience

How long have you been working as a developer or learning to become one?

<1 Year

1-2 Years

2-5 Years

5-10 Years

10-20 Years

20+ Years

# Years of Laravel Experience

How long have you been working with the Laravel framework or learning it?

<1 Year

1-2 Years

2-5 Years

5-10 Years

10+ Years

This answer was not available in 2021.

# Open-Source Contributions

Are you publishing or contributing to Open-Source projects or packages?

Yes

# Primary Operating System

Which operating system do you use the most for development?

MacOS

Windows

Linux

Other

# Primary Code Editor

Which code editor do you use the most?

PHPStorm

VS Code

Sublime Text

Vim / Emacs

Notepad++

Atom

Other

Multiple Choice

# Other Programming Languages

Which other programming languages do you use?

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Java

C, C++

Dart

Rust

Swift

Kotlin

Ruby

Objective-C

Perl

Other

None

Multiple Choice

# Application Context

In which context do you work with the Laravel framework?

Business Employment, Freelancer, Self-Employed, etc.

Hobby Hobby Projects, Just For Fun, etc.

# Team Size

How big is the development team typically in your business context?

1-5

5-10

10-20

20-50

50+

# Tech Stack

Multiple Choice

# PHP Version

Which versions of PHP are you using for your applications?

PHP 8.3

This answer was not available in 2023.

2022

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

PHP 8.2

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

PHP 8.1

This answer was not available in 2021.

PHP 8.0

PHP 7.4

PHP 7.3

PHP 7.2

PHP 7.1

PHP 7.0

PHP 5.x

Other

Multiple Choice

# Laravel Version

Which versions of Laravel are you using for your applications?

Laravel 11

This answer was not available in 2023.

2022

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

Laravel 10

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

Laravel 9

This answer was not available in 2021.

Laravel 8

Laravel 7

Laravel 5.x

Other

Multiple Choice

# Database

Which databases are you using for your applications?

MySQL

MariaDB

SQLite

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

This answer was not available in 2021.

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

SingleStore

This answer was not available in 2021.

Other

# Frontend UI Library

Are you using any frontend ui library to speed up your development?

Yes Bootstrap, Tailwind UI, shadcn/ui, etc.

Multiple Choice

# Frontend Rendering

How is the view rendered, data passed and routing done?

Server-Side Rendering Blade, Livewire, etc.

This answer was not available in 2021.

Client-Side Rendering with API Data sent by Laravel API and client-side routing

This answer was not available in 2021.

Client-Side Rendering with Inertia.js Data and routing done server-side with Inertia

This answer was not available in 2021.

Multiple Choice

# Frontend Reactivity

What are you using to make your frontend reactive?

Vue.js

Livewire

Alpine.js

jQuery

React

Vanilla DOM Modifications JavaScript, TypeScript without any framework

Angular

Svelte

Hotwire (Turbo, Stimulus)

Other

Multiple Choice

# CSS Styling

What are you using to make your applications look awesome?

TailwindCSS

Sass

Vanilla CSS

Less CSS

Other

Multiple Choice

# Administration Panel

Are you using any library to build administration panels?

Filament

This answer was not available in 2023.

2022

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

Laravel Nova

This answer was not available in 2023.

2022

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

Backpack

This answer was not available in 2023.

2022

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

None

This answer was not available in 2023.

2022

This answer was not available in 2022.

2021

This answer was not available in 2021.

# Development

Multiple Choice

# Development Environment

Which PHP development environments do you use for development?

Local Laravel Valet, Laravel Herd, Local Webserver, WAMP, XAMP, etc

Container Laravel Sail, Laradock, Docker, Rocket, etc

Artisan php artisan serve

Remote FTP, SFTP, SSH, Remote Desktop, etc.

Virtualized Laravel Homestead, Vagrant, etc.

Other

Multiple Choice

# Debugging Approach

Which methods do you use to debug your source code?

Variable Dumping dump(), dd(), var_dump(), die(), ray(), etc.

Toolbars/UIs Laravel Debugbar, Laravel Telescope, Clockwork, etc.

Debugger Xdebug, Zend Debugger, phpdbg, etc.

Other

Multiple Choice

# Quality Assurance

Which tools do you use to control the quality of your applications?

Unit Tests PHPUnit, Pest, etc.

Coding Standards Fixer Laravel Pint, PHP CS Fixer, PHP_CodeSniffer, etc.

Static Analysis PHPStan, Psalm, Phan, PHP Inspection, etc.

Code Quality Analysis PHP Mess Detector, PHP Insights, PHP_Depend, Copy/Paste Detector, etc.

Other

None

Multiple Choice

# Source Code Hosting

Where do you host your source code?

Github

Gitlab

BitBucket

Self-Hosted Respository

Other

# Production

# Deployment Rate

How often do you deploy releases to production?

Almost Daily

A few times a week

A few times a month

A few times a quarter

Rarely

Other

Multiple Choice

# PHP Runtime

How do you run your applications?

Server, Virtual Machine Hetzner, Digital Ocean, Linode, Colocation, etc.

Shared Hosting Rented webspace package

Platform as a Service Heroku, Platform.sh, Digital Ocean AppPlatform, etc.

Serverless Laravel Vapor, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Functions, etc

Other

Multiple Choice

# Monitoring

How do you monitor your applications in production?

Error Monitor Email, Flare, Sentry, Rollbar, Bugsnag, etc.

Uptime Monitor Oh Dear, UptimeMate, Cronitor, Pingdom, etc.

Server Metric Monitor Laravel Forge, Icinga, Nagios, etc.

Application Performance Monitor New Relic, Tideways, Sentry, etc.

PHP Performance Profiler Blackfire, Tideways, Xdebug, etc

Other

None

# Opinion

# Direction of Laravel

The Laravel Framework is moving in the right direction

Agree Strongly

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Disagree Strongly

# Simplifies Development

The Laravel Framework simplifies building web applications

Agree Strongly

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Disagree Strongly

# Enjoyment

I enjoy working with the Laravel Framework

Agree Strongly

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Disagree Strongly

# Innovation Speed

The Laravel ecosystem is changing/innovating too fast

Agree Strongly

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Disagree Strongly

Please Note: There have been comments indicating that the question may be misunderstood by participants. The numbers are roughly in the ballpark with the State Of JS results. Everyone has to decide for themselves how to weigh these numbers.