Powerful platform for building a business application using the Laravel framework.

Introduction

ORCHID is a flexible, business application development tool to quickly create web business applications. With timesaving tools and templates, and an intuitive development environment, using the Laravel framework helps speed the development and reduces the complexity of everything from UI design to deploy. Now it is finally practical to build affordable, scalable custom software solutions that bridge the gaps between existing systems and provide comprehensive, user-friendly views of your business data.

The platform is provided as a package for the Laravel framework, you can easily integrate it as a third-party component using Composer

Are there any additional system requirements from Laravel?

Yes, you need a PHP extension for image processing and support for json type your database.

How much does it cost?

ORCHID is free, but we appreciate donations.

Official Documentation

Documentation can be found at ORCHID website.

System requirements

Make sure your server meets the following requirements.

• Apache 2.2+ or nginx
• MySQL Server 5.7.8+ or PostgreSQL
• PHP Version 7.0+

Installation

Firstly, download the Laravel installer using Composer:

$ composer require orchid/platform

Extend your user model using the Orchid\Core\Models\User as BaseUser alias:

namespace App;

use Orchid\Platform\Core\Models\User as BaseUser;

class User extends BaseUser
{

}

Publish ORCHID's vendor files

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Orchid\Platform\Providers\FoundationServiceProvider"
php artisan vendor:publish --all

Run your database migration

php artisan migrate

Make available css/js/etc files

php artisan storage:link
php artisan orchid:link

Create your admin user

php artisan make:admin admin admin@admin.com password

Usage

To view ORCHID's dashboard go to:

http://your.app/dashboard

Security

If you discover security related issues, please email Alexandr Chernyaev instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

Change log

See CHANGELOG.

Credits

• Alexandr Chernyaev
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.