Laracon US 2026 · Boston · Jul 28–29
Craft 6 will ship as a Laravel package. A world-class CMS running inside your framework.
The most important facts about Craft CMS on Laravel
Craft 6 goes straight to a stock Laravel application architecture.
Craft ships as a Laravel package, registered through your application's Service Providers. Your project stays a stock Laravel app.
A Yii 2 adapter, shipped as a Composer package, provides a compatibility layer so most Craft 5 plugins and modules keep working with minimal or no changes. But new plugins built on Laravel are welcome.
A new UI with dark mode, a first-class mobile experience, and an accessibility-focused design system, a decoupled component library, tested toward WCAG 2.2 conformance.
Sources: craftcms.com/laravel and the craftcms/cms 6.x branch on GitHub. Craft CMS is made by Pixel & Tonic. CraftQuest is an independent training site: I don't build Craft, I teach it.
For the Laravel developer
You're inheriting a mature, content-first CMS for the times your project is "mostly content, some app." And, a community that cares about content modeling, content authoring experience, and a rich ecosystem of plugins is arriving alongside it. And if you author packages: a wave of new users for you to meet.
For the Craft developer
The platform underneath is changing, not the work you do on top of it. CraftQuest's 2026 calendar is built around exactly this transition. Be ready!
For the agency
Upgrade planning, plugin audits, deciding what to port and what to retire. Pine Works helps agencies and internal teams plan and execute Craft transitions.
I run CraftQuest, video training for Craft CMS and modern web development, and Pine Works, a nimble agency that solves business problems with software. Coolest gig ever? Teaching engineers at NASA.
I'm at Laracon US in Boston. Come say hi!