Introduction
Modules are the pieces of Leaf's functionality that are individually available as packages. They can be used in a wide variety of projects, and are one of the primary ways that Leaf is extended with additional functionality.
Most modules are framework/library agnostic, which means that they'll work just about everywhere with zero config just as with Leaf itself. You can easily install them with composer or the leaf cli.
Why modules?
We have a ton of reasons for switching to modules that we covered in this blog post. However, here are a few of the main reasons:
- Modules are easier to update and maintain
- Modules allow you to use only the parts of Leaf you need
- Modules allow you to incrementally upgrade your Leaf apps
- Modules allow you to use Leaf with other frameworks
Installing modules
You can quickly install any module with the Leaf CLI:
leaf install <module-name>
Or with composer:
composer require leafs/<module-name>
List of available modules
We update this list whenever we add new modules, you can keep checking for updates.
| Project | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alchemy | Simpler tests for your PHP apps | |
| aloe | Smart console helper for leaf mvc, leaf api and skeleton | |
| anchor | Basic security tools | |
| auth | Simple but powerful authentication system for your apps | |
| bareui | Dead simple templating engine with no compilation (blazing speed) | |
| blade | Laravel blade templating port for leaf | |
| cookie | Cookie management without the tears | |
| cors | CORS operations made simple | |
| csrf | Basic CSRF protection | |
| date | PHP dates for humans | |
| db | Leaf Db from v2 (actively maintained) | |
| db-old | Leaf Db from v1 (still maintained) | |
| devtools | Developer tools for Leaf PHP | |
| eien | High-speed, high-performance server for leaf | |
| exception | Leaf's exception wrapper (fork of whoops) | |
| fetch | HTTP requests made simple | |
| form | Form processes and validation | |
| fs | Awesome filesystem operations + file uploads | |
| http | Http operations made simple (request, response, ...) | |
| inertia | Leaf adapter for inertia JS | |
| logger | leaf logger module | |
| Mailing made easy with leaf | ||
| mvc-core | Core MVC tools powering our MVC wrappers | |
| password | Password encryption/validation/hashing in one box | |
| redis | Redis module | |
| router | Default router for leaf php | |
| session | PHP sessions made simple | |
| tilly (WIP) | Simple utility 'toolkit' for PHP applications | |
| veins | Leaf veins templating engine | |
| viewi | Leaf integration with Viewi PHP | |
| vite | Leaf server component for Vite |