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Voyager - The Missing Laravel Admin

Made with ❤️ by The Control Group

Website & Documentation: https://voyager.devdojo.com/

Video Tutorial Here: https://voyager.devdojo.com/academy/

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View the Voyager Cheat Sheet: https://voyager-cheatsheet.ulties.com/

⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE: Voyager Reborn (v1.8+)

This repository is a modernized, drop-in replacement for the original TCG Voyager, revived to support the latest PHP and Laravel ecosystems.

Key Modernization Features:

• Modern Stack Support: Fully compatible with PHP 8.2+ and Laravel 11 / 12.
• Zero Legacy Dependencies: Removed jQuery, Intervention/Image v2, TinyMCE, and other outdated libraries.
• New Rich Text Editor: Replaced TinyMCE with Jodit Editor (lightweight, fast, and reliable).
• Native Image Processing: Replaced Intervention with a custom lightweight GD-based processor (faster, no external deps).
• Modern Build Tooling: Migrated from Webpack/Mix to Vite.
• CSS Grid Shim: Replaced Bootstrap 3's float-based grid with a modern Flexbox implementation (preserving visual compatibility).
• Google Maps: Updated to work with modern APIs (removed dependency on deprecated Map IDs).

This version aims to keep the classic Voyager experience alive while running on a strictly modern technology stack.

Laravel Admin & BREAD System (Browse, Read, Edit, Add, & Delete), supporting Laravel 8 and newer!

Want to use Laravel 6 or 7? Use Voyager 1.5

Installation Steps

1. Require the Package

After creating your new Laravel application you can include the Voyager package with the following command:

composer require tcg/voyager

If you are installing this on Laravel 10, we are working on getting a permanent release available; however, you can still use this with Larvel 10 by requiring the following:

composer require tcg/voyager dev-1.6-l10

2. Add the DB Credentials & APP_URL

Next make sure to create a new database and add your database credentials to your .env file:

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

You will also want to update your website URL inside of the APP_URL variable inside the .env file:

APP_URL=http://localhost:8000

3. Run The Installer

Lastly, we can install voyager. You can do this either with or without dummy data. The dummy data will include 1 admin account (if no users already exists), 1 demo page, 4 demo posts, 2 categories and 7 settings.

To install Voyager without dummy simply run

php artisan voyager:install

If you prefer installing it with dummy run

php artisan voyager:install --with-dummy

And we're all good to go!

Start up a local development server with php artisan serve And, visit http://localhost:8000/admin.

Creating an Admin User

If you did go ahead with the dummy data, a user should have been created for you with the following login credentials:

email: admin@admin.com
password: password

NOTE: Please note that a dummy user is only created if there are no current users in your database.

If you did not go with the dummy user, you may wish to assign admin privileges to an existing user. This can easily be done by running this command:

php artisan voyager:admin your@email.com

If you did not install the dummy data and you wish to create a new admin user, you can pass the --create flag, like so:

php artisan voyager:admin your@email.com --create

And you will be prompted for the user's name and password.

Frontend Assets

Voyager's admin panel assets are built with Vite. When working on the UI locally run:

npm install
npm run build
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=voyager_assets --force

The vendor:publish step copies the compiled files from publishable/assets into your application's public/vendor/voyager directory so that the admin panel can serve them directly. This path is now the only runtime source of Voyager's CSS/JS, so rerun the publish command every time you rebuild assets.

Sponsors

Voyager is proudly supported by our amazing sponsors. A big thank you to: