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Quickly build an admin interface for your Eloquent models. Then customize every little detail. Among its FREE features:
- List operation
- 24 column types
- 1-1, 1-n and n-n relationships
- table view with search, pagination
- click column header to sort by it
- custom buttons
- details row
- easily create new column types
- easily overwrite an existing column type
- Create / Update operations
- 29 field types
- back-end validation using Laravel Form Requests
- translatable models (multi-language)
- have multiple fields per line
- split fields into tabs
- Delete operation
- Reorder operation
- Revisions operation (audit log)
Need more complex features? Purchase access to backpack/pro, our closed-source paid add-on. It will add 5 more operations, 10 filters, 28 more fields, 6 more columns and 1 more widget. We believe it's everything you need to build admin panels of any complexity. And thousands of other Laravel developers agree.
But professionals don't love Backpack just because it's feature-packed. They also love it because it's ridiculously easy to override a functionality. Generally, you just need to create a function with the right name or create a blade file with the right name. Yes, it can be that easy. See why thousands of Laravel professionals have been using Backpack, every day, since 2016.
The GIF above should give you with a good idea about what Backpack will help you build. But you can also see it in action in our live demo, to get a deeper understanding of how Backpack admin panels look & feel and the amount of features it provides.
Start with the "Getting Started" series in our docs. We try to nudge you towards creating a Backpack acccount, but you don't need one, if you're just trying it out.
Alternatively, if you don't have 20 minutes right now, subscribe to our drip email tutorial. You'll receive one email per day, for 5 days, 5 minutes each. By the end, you'll be familiar with how Backpack works, and be able to create admin panels for your Laravel apps.
If you're using Backpack in production, please subscribe to the Backpack Newsletter so you can find out about any security updates, breaking changes or major features. We never ever share your email with anyone & we try to send as few emails as possible (1-4 emails per year). We hate unsolicited email too. But... you know... you're building an admin panel, security should be something you're up-to-date with.
Installation guides for the current version (recommended):
Installation guides for the previous versions (not recommended):
- Install Backpack 4.1 on Laravel 6, 7 or 8 - last feature update was 1st Jan 2021;
- Install Backpack 4.0 on Laravel 5.8, 6 or 7 - last feature update was 21st Apr 2020;
- Install Backpack 3.6 on Laravel 5.8 or 6.x - last feature update was 17th Sep 2019;
- Install Backpack 3.5 on Laravel 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 - last feature update was 27th Feb 2019;
- Install Backpack 3.x on Laravel 5.4 - last feature update was 27 Sep 2017;
- Install Backpack 3.x on Laravel 5.3 - last feature update was 02 Feb 2017;
- Install Backpack 3.x on Laravel 5.2 - deprecated, lacks a lot of features;
For v5.x and v4.x please see the Releases tab. For previous versions (Backpack <=4.0.x), please see our old CHANGELOG file.
This project stands by The Whole Fruit Manifesto. We believe that “writing good code” is not only about “writing good code”. It’s also about the words around it. That’s why, to make sure your contribution is well received, we ask you to read and keep in mind the ONE=MOR framework and guidelines when writing comment blocks, PR titles, PR descriptions, and in general, when writing to our community.
For tasks & details about how you can help our project, please see CONTRIBUTING.
If you discover any security related issues, please email hello@backpackforlaravel.com instead of using the issue tracker. Alternatively, please disclose the issue on huntr.dev to also get a small bounty ($25-40).
It's heavily recommended that you subscribe to the Backpack Newsletter so you can find out about any security updates, breaking changes or major features. We send an email about 3-4 emails per year. Sometimes less.
- Cristian Tabacitu - creator & lead maintainer;
- Pedro Martins - maintainer;
- António Almeida - maintainer;
- All Contributors
Special thanks go to:
- Owen Melbourne, Oliver Ziegler, Thomas Swonke, Catalin Tudorache, Abby Janke, David Lloyd - A LOT of new features, bug fixing, support, feedback and code review;
- Łukasz Holeczek - creator of CoreUI (used in Backpack v4);
- Abdullah Almsaeed - creator of AdminLTE (used in Backpack v3);
- John Skoumbourdis - Grocery CRUD for CodeIgniter was a big inspiration for Backpack v1 & v2;
- Taylor Otwell & Laravel contributors (of course);
Starting with v5, Backpack has become open-core. Its features have been separated into two packages:
- Backpack\CRUD is licensed under the MIT License (open-source free software);
- Backpack\Pro is licensed under our EULA (closed-source paid add-on);
Backpack\CRUD is perfect if you're building a simple admin panel - it's packed with features! It's also perfect if you're building an open-source project, the permissive license allows you to do whatever you want.
When your admin panel grows and your needs become more complex, you can purchase our Backpack\PRO add-on, which adds A LOT of features for complex use cases (see list here). Our documentation includes instructions on how to use both Backpack\CRUD and Backpack\PRO, with all the PRO features clearly labeled PRO.
Starting with Backpack v5, all our packages follow semantic versioning. Here's what major.minor.patch (eg. 5.0.1) means for Backpack\CRUD:
major- breaking changes, major new features, complete rewrites; released once a year, in February; it adds features that were previously impossible and upgrades our dependencies; upgrading is done by following our clear and detailed upgrade guides;minor- new features, released in backwards-compatible ways; every few months; update takes seconds;patch- bug fixes & small non-breaking changes; historically every week; update takes seconds;
When we release a new Backpack\CRUD version, all paid addons receive support for it the same day. And because (1) we release a new version every year and (2) when you buy a Backpack addon, you get access to not only updates, but also upgrades (for 12mo), that means that... any time you buy a Backpack addon, it is very likely that you're not only buying the current version (v5 at the moment), but also the upgrade to the next version (v6 for example).
We've spend more than 10.000 hours creating, polishing and maintaining administration panels on Laravel. We've developed e-Commerce, e-Learning, ERPs, social networks, payment gateways and much more. We've worked on admin panels so much, that we've created one of the most popular packages for Laravel - just from making public what was repetitive in our projects.
If you are looking for a developer/team to help you build an admin panel on Laravel, look no further. You'll have a difficult time finding someone with more experience & enthusiasm for admin panels. This is what we do. Contact us.