Prezet: Markdown Blogging for Laravel

Prezet is a new Laravel Blogging app from Ben Bjurstrom that transforms markdown files into SEO-friendly blogs, articles, and documentation!

If you want to learn more about Prezet check out this Laravel News creator series interview we did.

One of the differences between other solutions is Prezet is designed to run with your existing Laravel apps. This way you get the following features all for free:

Unified Deployment: Content and Laravel applications coexist in a single codebase with a unified deployment process.
Familiar Environment: Leverages existing Laravel and Blade knowledge, eliminating the need to learn new frameworks.
Seamless Integration: Allows easy incorporation of dynamic features within the Laravel framework. For example, need a mailing list signup in your blog? It's just another Laravel route:

Getting started with Prezet is simple and all you need to do is run these steps:

composer require benbjurstrom/prezet
php artisan prezet:install
php artisan serve
php artisan prezet:index

Of course, the installation guide has a full breakdown of what all these commands do and why they are needed.

Prezet Features Include

Markdown Powered - Transform markdown files into SEO-friendly content, no database required!
Blade Components - Add dynamic elements to static content with inline blade components.
Optimized Images - Automatic WebP conversion and generated srcsets.
Typed Front Matter - Front matter is cast to DTOs to ensure data consistency across your content.
SEO Tags - Auto-generate meta tags from front matter data to boost search engine discoverability.
Ogimage Generation - Create custom Open Graph images to enhance social media sharing.

Check out Prezet today if you are looking for a markdown friendly blogging app.