Arrel documentation

Arrel is an admin framework for Laravel: you define a Resource once, in PHP, and you get a complete panel (form, table, filters, actions, relation managers and, optionally, a place on the dashboard). The frontend is a Vue SPA that Arrel ships precompiled; there is nothing to write in JavaScript for a regular Resource.

final class PostResource extends Resource
{
    protected static string $model = Post::class;

    public function fields(): array
    {
        return [
            Section::make('Content')->schema([
                Text::make('title')->rules('required', 'string', 'max:255'),
                Toggle::make('is_published')->default(false),
            ]),
        ];
    }

    public function columns(): array
    {
        return [
            Column::make('title')->sortable()->searchable(),
            Column::make('is_published')->as('boolean')->sortable(),
        ];
    }
}

This class alone already gives you a full CRUD: a listing with sorting and search, a create/edit form with Laravel validation, and a /schema endpoint that the frontend renders dynamically. There is no second language to learn: the same methods you already know from Laravel (rules(), closures, Eloquent) are Arrel's API.

Where to start

• Installation: requirements, composer require, publishing the assets.
• Panel configuration: registering a Panel, the URL prefix, your own branding, theme and texts.
• Resources: the core of Arrel, how a Resource is defined and how authorization works.

What you will find

The core	Resources, fields, tables and columns, filters, actions and Relation managers.
Beyond CRUD	Pages, custom pages with the component kit, widgets and multi-tenancy.
Access and security	Authentication (email verification, second factor, notifications) and security and authorization.
Keeping up to date	Behaviour changes and Releases.

The examples in this documentation

The examples start from a simple PostResource, the same one the Arrel test suite uses (workbench/app/Resources/PostResource.php). When an example needs a case that this Resource does not have, it uses generic names (Comment, Room...).

Requirements

PHP	^8.5
Laravel	^13.0