Laravel Artisan GUI Panel

A lightweight VS Code extension for Laravel developers. It adds a sidebar panel listing every Artisan command available in your project — browse, search, copy, or run any of them in one click, without typing php artisan ... in the terminal every time.

Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bytestacklab.laravel-artisan-gui-panel Open VSX: https://open-vsx.org/extension/bytestacklab/laravel-artisan-gui-panel

Features

• Laravel Artisan icon in the Activity Bar — opens a dedicated panel, no need to use the terminal to remember command names
• Pinned "⭐ Common Commands" section — make:controller, make:model, make:migration, make:request, make:middleware, make:seeder, migrate, migrate:fresh, migrate:rollback, db:seed, route:list, cache:clear, config:clear — the ones used most across projects, always at the top
• "🕒 Recently Used" section — the last commands you ran in this workspace, most recent first, so repeating a command is one click away
• Category grouping — every other command grouped by its prefix (make, migrate, db, cache, route, queue, config, ...), collapsible
• Search box — type controller and instantly filter down to make:controller
• Run button (▶) — runs the command immediately in an integrated terminal, for every command. If a command needs input it doesn't have (e.g. make:model's name), Artisan itself prompts for it interactively right there in the terminal — no separate form to fill in first
• Copy button (⧉) — copies php artisan <command> to the clipboard so you can paste it somewhere and add arguments/flags by hand
• Automatic command detection — reads the live list from php artisan list --format=json, so it always matches your installed Laravel version, including commands added by packages (e.g. telescope:clear, permission:cache-reset) and your own custom commands. Nothing is hard-coded.
• Automatic Laravel project detection — finds the workspace folder that contains an artisan file and always runs commands from that directory, regardless of where the VS Code window itself is rooted

Installation

• From the Marketplace: search "Laravel Artisan GUI Panel" in VS Code's Extensions panel (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+X), or install directly:

  code --install-extension bytestacklab.laravel-artisan-gui-panel
  

• From Open VSX (VSCodium, Cursor, Gitpod, etc.): search the same name in your editor's extension panel, or use its equivalent of the command above.
• From a .vsix file: code --install-extension laravel-artisan-gui-panel-<version>.vsix

Usage

1. Open a Laravel project folder in VS Code (any folder containing an artisan file works, even as a subfolder in a multi-root workspace).
2. Click the Laravel Artisan icon in the Activity Bar (left sidebar).
3. The panel loads every Artisan command your project currently has, grouped under Common Commands, Recently Used, and by category.
4. Click ▶ next to any command — migrate, cache:clear, make:model, anything — to run it immediately in an integrated terminal named "Artisan", from the Laravel project root.
   • If the command needs something you didn't provide (e.g. make:model's name), Artisan asks for it right there in the terminal — just answer the prompt.
   • To pass flags upfront (e.g. make:model Product -m), use Copy instead and add them by hand, or just answer "yes" when Artisan asks whether to also create a migration.
5. Click ⧉ to copy php artisan <command> to the clipboard instead of running it.
6. Use the search box at the top to jump straight to a command by name or description.
7. Use the refresh icon (⟳) in the panel's title bar if you add a custom command or install a package and want the list to pick it up without reopening VS Code.

How command detection works

On every load, the extension runs php artisan list --format=json from your project root and parses the result — the same JSON Symfony Console produces for any Artisan command, built-in or not. This means:

• It always reflects your exact installed Laravel/package versions — no hard-coded command list to fall out of date
• Custom commands your team registers under app/Console/Commands show up automatically
• Commands added by installed packages (Telescope, Horizon, Spatie packages, etc.) show up automatically
• The panel shows each command's description straight from Artisan, so it's never out of sync with what php artisan list itself would tell you

Requirements

• PHP CLI available on PATH (the extension shells out to php artisan)
• A Laravel project — a workspace folder (or a subfolder in it) containing an artisan file

Development

npm install
npm run watch

Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension loaded, then open a Laravel project folder in that window. See PUBLISHING.md for how releases are published to the Marketplace and Open VSX.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.