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Free online Laravel IDE
JDoodle is an online IDE that has served the programming community since 2013. You write, compile, and run code in the browser for Laravel and many other languages, without installing a toolchain.
What you see on this page is JDoodle’s free Laravel IDE. It is a project rather than a single file: several source files and folders, a terminal, and a browser preview beside the editor, so you can see the page your project serves and not only what it prints. Install packages fetches whatever your project's manifest lists, so you are not limited to what ships with Laravel. The build JDoodle has installed is 11.9. You do not install Laravel and you do not configure a toolchain. The environment is a machine JDoodle starts for you and keeps for the length of your session, rather than shared infrastructure, so running a project needs a JDoodle account. It is free to create, and everything on this page can be read without one. You will see this called an online Laravel compiler. Laravel is not compiled the way Java or C is, so the honest word is IDE: you write the project, JDoodle runs it on a server of your own and shows you the page it serves.
Online Laravel IDE
JDoodle’s Laravel editor on this page highlights syntax, completes as you type, matches brackets, and folds blocks. It is an online Laravel IDE: you write here, then run the project in the cloud environment.
Laravel versions on JDoodle
JDoodle runs Laravel 11.9.
Frequently asked questions
Is JDoodle’s online Laravel IDE free?
Yes. Running Laravel on JDoodle costs nothing. It does need an account, because the environment is a machine started for you rather than shared, and an account is free to create. Paid plans add more AI credits, longer sessions and faster workspaces.
Do I need to install Laravel to use JDoodle?
No. JDoodle runs Laravel on its servers. Open this page in a browser and execute.
Can I run a multi-file Laravel project online?
Yes. This Laravel IDE already runs a project with several files, a terminal, and a browser preview.
Do I need an account to run Laravel on JDoodle?
Yes, and it is free to create. Laravel runs on a machine JDoodle starts for you and keeps for the length of your session, rather than on shared infrastructure, so it cannot be handed to somebody we do not know. Everything else on this page can be read without one.
Can I install packages in a Laravel project?
Yes. The environment has a terminal, and Install packages fetches whatever your project's manifest lists, so a project is not limited to what ships with Laravel.
Can I see the Laravel app running?
Yes. The environment has a browser preview beside the editor, so you see the page your project serves rather than only its output.
Input, interactive runs, files, and the rest of the editor work the same on every language. See the JDoodle IDE documentation.