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A Laravel component library documentation tool inspired by Storybook. Build, test, and document your Laravel Blade components, Livewire components, and view components in an isolated environment.

Features

• 🔍 Auto-discovery of Blade, Livewire, and class-based components
• 🎨 Live preview with real-time prop editing
• 📱 Responsive testing with multiple viewport sizes
• 🌙 Theme support (light/dark mode)
• 📚 Documentation with markdown support
• 🔗 Deep linking to specific component states
• ⚡ Hot reload during development
• 🎯 Isolated environment for component testing

Installation

1. Set Up Laravel Project

Either create a fresh Laravel project or use an existing one:

# Fresh Laravel project
composer create-project laravel/laravel my-project
cd my-project

# Or use existing Laravel project
cd your-existing-project

2. Install Larastory

Add Larastory to your project:

composer require timbogdanov/larastory --dev

3. Configure Local Domain

Add the following line to your hosts file to enable subdomain access: Mac/Linux - Edit /etc/hosts:

127.0.0.1 larastory.your-project.test
127.0.0.1 your-project.test

Replace your-project.test with your actual Laravel project domain.

4. Start Development Server

composer run dev

5. Open Larastory

Visit your Larastory interface at:

http://larastory.your-project.test:8000

By default, Larastory runs on the larastory subdomain of your main project.

Configuration

Publish the configuration file to customize Larastory:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=larastory-config

The configuration file config/larastory.php allows you to customize:

return [
    // Subdomain for Larastory (default: 'larastory')
    'subdomain' => env('LARASTORY_SUBDOMAIN', 'larastory'),
    
    // Directories to scan for components
    'component_paths' => [
        'resources/views/components',
        'app/View/Components',
        'app/Livewire',
    ],
    
    // Auto-discovery of components
    'auto_discovery' => true,  
];

Custom Subdomain

To use a different subdomain, add to your .env file:

LARASTORY_SUBDOMAIN=ui

Then update your hosts file accordingly:

127.0.0.1 storybook.your-project.test

Development Status

🚧 This package is currently in early development.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Credits

Inspired by Storybook

Star ⭐ this repo if you find it useful!