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Shopper is a modern PHP application, built as a Laravel package, and has the same server requirements as — you guessed it — Laravel itself. To manipulate images (resize, crop, etc), you will also need the GD Library or ImageMagick.

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Requirements

To run Laravel Shopper you’ll need a server meeting the following requirements:
  • PHP 8.3+
  • Laravel 11.x
  • Filament v4.5+
  • Tailwind CSS v4.1+
  • Mysql 8+ / MariaDB 10.2+ / PostgreSQL 15+
We recommend using Digital Ocean to host most Laravel sites. Their servers are fast, inexpensive, and we use them ourselves. Full disclosure: that’s an affiliate link but we wouldn’t recommend them if it wasn’t an excellent option.

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Development Environments

All of these requirements are satisfied by the Laravel Homestead virtual machine, which makes it a great local Laravel development environment. Virtual machines aren’t for everybody though, so here are a couple of other options.

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Laravel Valet (MacOS & Linux)

Laravel Valet is a development environment for Mac minimalists If you are on Linux you must use this version of Valet for Linux. No Vagrant, No Apache, No Nginx, No need to manually edit hosts file. It simply maps all the subdirectories in a “web” directory (such as ~/Sites) to .test or .localhost domains. You can even share your sites publicly using local tunnels. We use it ourselves and it’s brilliant.

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Laravel Herd (MacOS & Windows)

Laravel Herd is a good choice for those of the Windows persuasion. Developed by the Laravel team, Herd is a bit like Laravel Valet, but allows you to quickly setup your environment faster with many more features available