🚀 Laravel SaaS Template Implementation Checklist

Complete guide to transform this Laravel app into a production-ready GitHub template

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✅ Repository Hygiene - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: GitHub template repository configuration (.github/template-repository.yml), comprehensive .gitignore, cleaned development files, updated README for template usage, and detailed setup instructions (docs/github-template-setup.md)

✅ Issue/PR Workflow - COMPLETED

All workflow items have been implemented: Issue templates, PR template, release configuration, and Dependabot.

✅ CI/CD and Quality Gates - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Main CI workflow (ci.yml), Static Analysis (static-analysis.yml), Browser Tests (dusk.yml), Laravel Pint config (pint.json), PHPStan config (phpstan.neon), Pre-commit Hooks with Husky (ESLint, Prettier, Pint, PHPStan), comprehensive documentation (docs/development/pre-commit-hooks.md)

✅ Bootstrap and Setup Automation - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Setup Script (bin/setup) with full environment setup, Rename Script (bin/rename) for branding customization, comprehensive Makefile with 20+ targets, CLI Onboarding Command (artisan app:onboard) with interactive configuration

✅ Container/Dev Environment - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Docker Compose (docker-compose.yml) with app, database, Redis, Mailpit, MinIO, multi-stage Dockerfile optimized for dev/production, Laravel Sail integration, comprehensive local development documentation (docs/development/DOCKER.md, docs/development/HERD-SETUP.md)

✅ Documentation - MOSTLY COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Configuration docs (EMAIL_SETUP.md, feature-flags.md), comprehensive Deployment docs (DEPLOYMENT.md, LARAVEL-CLOUD.md), extensive Customization docs (branding.md), detailed API documentation (api.md) with OpenAPI/Swagger integration (l5-swagger.php + api-docs.json), Development docs (DOCKER.md, HERD-SETUP.md, pre-commit-hooks.md, multi-tenancy.md), Security docs (security-headers.md), Testing docs (README.md), Template Setup docs (template-ergonomics.md, github-template-setup.md).

✅ Security and Compliance - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Security Headers Middleware with CSP/HSTS/XSS protection, Advanced Rate Limiting (tenant-aware, role-based), Brute Force Protection with sophisticated limiting strategies, comprehensive Activity Logging and GDPR privacy settings, Health Check Routes (readiness/liveness/detailed endpoints)

✅ Testing - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Comprehensive Test Suite with PHPUnit (Unit/Feature/Multi-tenant tests), HTTP Tests for auth/subscription/tenant routing, Browser Tests with Laravel Dusk (authentication, subscriptions, dashboard flows), Demo Data Seeders with factories for tenants/plans/users/blog content, complete testing documentation (docs/testing/README.md)

✅ Template Ergonomics - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Comprehensive Feature Flags system (config/features.php) with env-driven toggles for all modules, Enhanced Demo Data Creation (DemoDataSeeder) with realistic business scenarios, Opinionated Defaults (DefaultsServiceProvider) with Filament/Tailwind/pagination configuration, Config Guards (ConfigGuardServiceProvider) for production validation and fail-fast behavior, complete ergonomics documentation (docs/template-ergonomics.md)

✅ Deployment Examples - COMPLETED

✅ Completed: Comprehensive Laravel Cloud deployment support with complete configuration (laravel-cloud.yml), automated deployment script (bin/deploy-cloud), detailed documentation (docs/deployment/LARAVEL-CLOUD.md), environment-specific configs (.env.cloud.example), CI/CD workflows (.github/workflows/deploy.yml), deployment automation with health checks, migrations, and rollback support. Also includes traditional deployment examples (Docker VPS, Forge scripts, production configurations).

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