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In this blog post, I'm going to explore Laravel Octane and tell you what it is, how you can install and use it, and why you might need it.ĭisclaimer: Laravel Octane is still a beta software and should not yet be used in production! What is Laravel Octane? Taylor Otwell already showed a glimpse of Laravel's latest open-source package, Octane, during his Laracon Online talk - but today, the new package is available on GitHub for everyone to beta test.
