Native PHP
summary
Shows how to run a full Laravel app as a desktop app by bundling a compiled PHP runtime (21 MB static PHP binary) into an Electron shell, letting you run composer require nativephp then use PHP Artisan native: surf/builds to develop with hot reload and to bundle a DMG (~276 MB) for macOS. Demonstrates menu bar, multiple windows with remembered state, Livewire real‑time events, SQLite DB migrations, dialogs, clipboard, auto‑updater and that Linux support is coming with Windows planned.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and inspiration
- 1:56Electron vs. Tauri
- 3:00Desktop app architecture
- 5:35NativePHP overview
- 6:35Getting started
- 8:59Configuring the window
- 12:43Menu bar integration
- 14:22Creating custom menus
- 16:00Event handling
- 19:00Real-time data sharing
- 22:25Native dialogs
- 23:51Building and distributing
- 25:02Advanced system features
- 27:12Q&A session
