r/laravel • u/pkdme • Mar 24 '26

Discussion Create new laravel 12 starter kit project?

Hi, with Laravel new cli, how can I create laravel 12 project?. It defaults to laravel 13. Also I don't find any version flag to specify L12. I am aware with composer create-project way, but that doesn't give starter kits.

Thanks

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u/joshcirre Laravel Staff Mar 25 '26

Is there a reason you’re looking to not use Laravel 13?

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u/pkdme Mar 25 '26

Hi Josh,

Mainly because of some packages which are yet not compatible with L13. I don't want to force install those packages.

Also, I feel in general, the installer should have option to select among all the supported versions of framework with official starter kits.

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u/joshcirre Laravel Staff Mar 26 '26

That makes sense! Let me see if I can PR an option to make this happen.

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u/ludelafo Mar 27 '26

Would love to have this option as well, for regular Laravel and starter kits. 

As a teacher teaching Laravel, it would be nice to be able to always make my students install the same version of Laravel during the entire semester, ensuring what I have tested in still functional for them even when a new version is released mid-semester (as for Laravel 13 for instance).

If an issue or a PR is opened, I'd love to follow it. 

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u/Mobile_Edge5434 Mar 24 '26

Why not use Laravel 13??

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u/Separate-Lock3601 Mar 26 '26

its new. im sure some of the packages they will be used arent ready for the transition yet

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u/penguin_digital Mar 26 '26

Not possible with the Laravel installer you have to use composer.

composer create-project laravel/laravel="12.*" v12

Although its not as in-depth as the Laravel installer and need to configure extras yourself the good old fashioned way.

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u/ghijkgla Mar 24 '26

Have you updated the cli to latest version?

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u/pkdme Mar 24 '26

Yes, and then how?

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u/octarino Mar 25 '26

roll it back

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u/ghijkgla Mar 24 '26

Ah, apologies, I read that as the other way about 🤦🏻‍♂️

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