A self-hosted blog platform template built with Laravel Livewire
LaravelBlog
laravel-journal — Laravel Blog Template
By krishankumar01
A self-hosted blog project template built with Laravel Livewire, offering writing community features such as author profiles, following, an explore page, comments, and social sharing.
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Supports creating a profile and publishing blog posts
Can follow other users to keep up with their latest articles
Provides an explore page and search for content discovery
Supports comment interaction and social media sharing
Template Details
laravel-journal is a self-hosted blog platform template built with Laravel Livewire, positioned as a community site where writers publish articles and readers discover content. The README describes features including: creating a profile to publish blog posts and connect with other writers, following other users to keep up with their latest articles, discovering new content through an explore page and search, posting comments to interact with other writers, and sharing articles to social media.
For installation, the project requires PHP 8.1, Composer, and NPM. The basic process is to clone the repository, run composer install, copy .env.example to .env and generate an application key; during development, start the server with php artisan serve, bundle frontend assets via npm install and npm run dev, and access the default URL at http://localhost:8000/.
Regarding licensing, the repository uses BSD-3-Clause, which permits use, modification, commercial use, and redistribution; source distributions must retain the copyright notice, the three conditions, and the disclaimer, and the rights holder's name may not be used to endorse derivative products without written permission. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification; external services such as domains, hosting, and databases may incur costs. The template provides no information about performance, production deployment, or data scale.
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Use Cases
- Building a blog publishing and reading community for writers
- Deploying a self-hosted content site for an individual or small team
- Serving as a starting template for Laravel Livewire blog projects
Suitable For
- Developers familiar with PHP and Laravel
- Individuals or teams wanting a self-hosted blog and author community site
- Projects that need to use and modify the code under the BSD-3-Clause license
Getting started & customization
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The environment requires PHP 8.1, Composer, and NPM
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After cloning the repository, run composer install, copy .env.example to .env, and run php artisan key:generate
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For development, start with php artisan serve, and bundle frontend assets via npm install and npm run dev
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The default URL is http://localhost:8000/
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the BSD-3-Clause license; the free scope is the code of that version and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution in source or binary form are permitted.
- Source distributions must retain the copyright notice, the three conditions, and the disclaimer; binary distributions must reproduce these in the documentation or accompanying materials.
- The name of the rights holder or contributors may not be used to endorse or promote derivative products without prior written permission.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
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- The project is open source and allows anyone to participate in development and improvement; BSD-3-Clause permits use, modification, commercial use, and redistribution, but source distributions must retain the copyright notice, conditions, and disclaimer, and the rights holder's name may not be used to endorse derivative products without written permission.
- Installation and operation require your own PHP 8.1, Composer, and NPM environment, and you bear any costs that external services such as domains, hosting, and databases may incur.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be verified under their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's BSD-3-Clause license.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may charge additional fees.
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Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted
Original License Text
The portal is completely open source, meaning that anyone can contribute to the development and improvement of the platform.
Original README
https://github.com/krishankumar01/laravel-journal/blob/main/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/krishankumar01/laravel-journal/blob/main/README.mdThe following tools are required in order to start the installation.
Original README
Compiled by DeepSeek based on repository license and README ·2026-10-02. Results only cover the materials read; dependencies, images, fonts, and subsequent term changes are subject to their respective original texts.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 60 / 100
- Technologies
- Laravel
- Website type
- Blog
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- Repository update recorded
- 2023-06-06
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-02
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2026-10-02T08:48:47.561Z
Source file / repository# Welcome to the Laravel Journal!  <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211473746-8ee064a5-bb30-4427-b247-f4a4bd7eff2f.png" width="18%"></img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211473801-33444765-058b-42ea-bdc9-2f6c6ff3a485.png" width="18%"></img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211473859-f1ca5d88-aeba-4da4-ab3a-d9e8e8bfc8a3.png" width="18%"></img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211474361-b4038d38-a265-4509-bacf-d630a93ef9c3.png" width="18%"></img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211474582-a0448d78-6eb6-4727-9498-8a39171022e1.png" width="18%"> </img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211477003-586dcf68-2588-40ff-b93f-d850af1c8edd.png" width="18%"> </img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211474898-d418a726-03ea-4451-a640-e298365b9bf4.png" width="18%"> </img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211475013-6bdddc9f-59fe-481a-9fe2-0b40fb6b1a56.png" width="18%"> </img> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84431594/211476444-400f072c-22d3-432d-97c9-fef24f6ef27e.png" width="18%"> </img> This is a platform for writers to share their blog posts and for readers to discover new and interesting content. The portal is completely open source, meaning that anyone can contribute to the development and improvement of the platform. ## Features - Create a profile to share your blog posts and connect with other writers - Follow other users to stay up-to-date on their latest blog posts - Discover new content through the explore page and search function - Leave comments and engage with other writers - Share your blog posts on social media ## Requirements The following tools are required in order to start the installation. - PHP 8.1 - [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/) - [NPM](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) ## Installation To get started, clone this repository and install the dependencies: ```bash git clone https://github.com/[USERNAME]/blog.git cd blog composer install cp .env.example .env php artisan key:generate ``` ## Usage To start the development server: ```bash php artisan serve ``` To Asset Bundling ```bash npm install npm run dev ``` The app will be served at http://localhost:8000/. ## Contributing Please read [the contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) before creating an issue or sending in a pull request. ## Code of Conduct Please read our [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) before contributing or engaging in discussions. ## License This project is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license - see [the license file](LICENSE.md) for details.
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