How to Build and Publish a Laravel Package on Packagist

Laravel makes it easy to modularize your features into packages. In this blog, we will learn how to create a reusable Laravel package and publish it on Packagist so that anyone can install it using Composer.

Why Package Your Laravel Code?

• Reuse across multiple projects
• Distribute to the community
• Maintain clean and modular code

Step 1: Create Your Package Structure

Inside your Laravel project, create a packages/ directory and structure your package like this:

  packages/
  └── your-vendor/
      └── laravel-settings/
          ├── src/
          │   ├── Models/
          │   │   └── Setting.php
          │   └── SettingServiceProvider.php
          ├── database/
          │   └── migrations/
          ├── composer.json
          └── README.md

Step 2: Define Your Composer.json

Make sure your composer.json includes autoload and provider configuration.

Step 3: Push to GitHub

Create a new repository on GitHub and push your package code there.

Step 4: Tag Your Release

Run the following commands to tag your first release:

git tag v1.0.0
git push origin v1.0.0

Step 5: Submit to Packagist

Go to https://packagist.org/packages/submit and submit your repository URL.

Step 6: Install the Package Anywhere

After submission, you and others can install the package using:

composer require your-vendor/laravel-settings

Conclusion

Packaging your Laravel features is a great way to share your work and reuse it in multiple projects. With Packagist, your package is easily installable with Composer, making distribution effortless.