Laravel 13 Dev Stack

Laravel 13 Dev Stack

A complete Docker Compose development environment for Laravel 13. One command brings up the full stack — app server, database, cache, queue workers, email catcher, and a database GUI — all pre-wired and ready to code.

What's Included

• Laravel 13 — Fresh install with .env pre-configured for all services
• MySQL 8.4 — Primary database with persistent volume and health check
• Redis 7 — Backs the cache store, session driver, and queue
• Laravel Horizon — Queue worker dashboard at /horizon with supervisor-managed workers
• Mailpit — Catches all outgoing email during development; inspect it at port 8025
• phpMyAdmin — Full-featured MySQL GUI at port 8080

Developer Experience

• App directory bind-mounted — edit files locally, changes are live instantly
• Pre-configured .env, queue.php, cache.php, and horizon.php
• Health checks on MySQL and Redis — Laravel waits until both are ready before starting
• Horizon workers start automatically alongside the app container
• Artisan commands run with docker compose exec app php artisan ...
• Single docker compose up starts the entire stack

What You Get

• docker-compose.yml — fully configured multi-service stack
• Dockerfile — PHP 8.4 FPM Alpine image with all required extensions
• entrypoint.sh — runs migrations, seeds, and starts Horizon on first boot
• .env.example with every variable documented
• README.md — quickstart guide, service URLs, and common tips

Service URLs

Requirements

Docker Desktop or Docker Engine with the Compose plugin. No local PHP, MySQL, or Redis installation needed.