Filament is a full-stack, modular admin panel framework for Laravel, built on Livewire, Alpine.js, and Tailwind CSS. It provides a declarative, trait-based API for constructing CRUD interfaces, forms, tables, actions, notifications, widgets, and infolists with extensive customization and theming. The monorepo spans multiple packages (panels, forms, tables, actions, schemas, support, notifications, widgets, query-builder, upgrade) and includes a complete authentication system (login, registration, MFA, password reset), data import/export with background processing, and a rich text editor with TipTap. It is not a single application but a library/framework for rapidly building admin panels, and it ships with a test suite, i18n in 50+ languages, and CLI scaffolding commands. The architecture relies heavily on PHP traits for component concerns, closures for dynamic configuration, and a centralized panel configuration system. Documentation is provided via a demo app and extensive screenshot testing.
Orchid is a comprehensive Laravel admin panel framework providing a declarative screen-based architecture for building complex admin interfaces. It offers a rich set of reusable UI components including layouts (tables, tabs, modals, charts, cards), form fields (50+ types), actions (buttons, links, dropdowns), and a full permissions/role system. The frontend is powered by Bootstrap 5, Hotwire Turbo for SPA-like navigation, Stimulus controllers for interactivity, and integrates major libraries like Leaflet, Quill, CodeMirror, Cropper.js, Tom Select, and Frappe Charts. The backend provides artisan generators for scaffolding, an attachment engine with duplicate detection, a filter/sort pipeline, metric/chart helpers, and an HMAC-signed state serialization mechanism. The codebase is production-quality, actively maintained (14.x series, Laravel 11 support), with extensive unit, feature, and browser tests. It is not a data research project; it is a pure application framework for building administrative web applications.