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Building a CLI Companion for Your NativePHP App

March 12, 2026 – 10 minute read

Series NativePHP Laravel CLI

Your NativePHP app has a SQLite database and can run a local API. That's all you need to build a CLI companion that extends your desktop app into the terminal.

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Exposing a Local API in Your NativePHP App

February 17, 2026 – 6 minute read

Series NativePHP Laravel API

The same pattern that powers OAuth callbacks can turn your NativePHP app into something external tools can talk to. CLI scripts, IDE extensions, browser plugins, you name it.

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Adding an OAuth Callback Server to Your NativePHP App

February 16, 2026 – 5 minute read

Series NativePHP Laravel OAuth

NativePHP doesn't ship with OAuth support. Turns out you don't need it to. PHP's built-in server and a few lines of code is all it takes.

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Organize Livewire Properties with Groups

November 19, 2025 – 6 minute read

Livewire Laravel Package

Managing complex forms with many properties in Livewire can get messy. Property groups help organize related fields for cleaner validation, manipulation, and debugging.

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NativePHP for Desktop v2 Released! 🚀

October 14, 2025 – 8 minute read

NativePHP Update

We're excited to announce the release of NativePHP for Desktop v2! This major version bump was necessary due to some backwards compatibility breaks, but also brings enhanced security defaults and some useful new features.

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NativePHP for Desktop - September 2025 Update

September 17, 2025 – 6 minute read

NativePHP Update

This September update brings additional window management capabilities, enhanced internationalization support, and important stability improvements to help you build more reliable desktop applications with Laravel.

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PHPacker

PHPacker

Package any PHP script or PHAR into a self-contained, cross-platform executable. Build once, run anywhere 📦
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