Frequently Asked Questions

Veldora is a modern, lightweight PHP 8.2+ MVC framework designed to give developers the full power of a complete web framework (routing, ORM, auth, templates, CLI, queues, mail, caching) without bloated vendor dependencies or heavy runtime overhead.

Veldora provides an intuitive, elegant developer experience similar to Laravel, but with a significantly smaller footprint, instant zero-dependency CLI execution (via executeDirect()), zero-config autoloader fallback, and a built-in 41+ component UI library with multi-aesthetic design systems (Skeuomorphic, Neumorphic, Flat, Glassmorphic).

Veldora requires PHP 8.2 or PHP 8.3+. It leverages modern PHP features such as typed properties, readonly classes, native enums, and match expressions.

The core framework only requires psr/container. Everything else—including the router, view compiler, database query builder, migration engine, auth system, and CLI command runner—is built-in natively.

You can create a project instantly using Composer or npx:

composer create-project veldora/veldora my-app\n# or\nnpx create-veldora-app my-app

No. User applications follow standard PSR-4 MVC structure (app/, bootstrap/, config/, database/, public/, resources/, routes/, storage/, tests/). The framework core itself resides cleanly in vendor/veldora/framework.

Run php veldora make:auth and then php veldora migrate. This scaffolds Login, Registration, Password Reset, Profile Management, Email Verification, views, controllers, and routes in seconds.

Veldora includes 53 built-in CLI commands covering application serving, diagnostics, generators (make:*), database migrations, seeding, caching, maintenance mode, queue processing, UI component management, and ecosystem integrations (connect).

You can take your app offline with php veldora down --secret=your-token. All visitors will see a 503 Maintenance page, while you can bypass it by appending ?secret=your-token in the URL. Bring it back online with php veldora up.

Yes! All 53 commands implement native executeDirect() execution, meaning they work seamlessly in minimalist environments and shared hosting without requiring Symfony Console packages.

Veldora UI is an accessible, modern component library with 41+ components (Buttons, Modals, Tabs, Dropdowns, Sidebars, DataTables, Alerts, Badges, etc.) that can be installed into your project using php veldora add <component>.

Veldora UI supports standard modern dark/light mode, Skeuomorphic 3D tactile, Flat Minimalist 2D, Neumorphic Soft UI, and Glassmorphic variants.

Veldora uses a native template compiler supporting Blade-style syntax: {{ $var }}, {!! $raw !!}, @if, @foreach, @extends, @section, @yield, @component, @method, and @csrf.

Run php veldora optimize before deploying. This compiles and caches all configuration values, routes, and view templates into optimized PHP bytecode.

Yes. Use php veldora env:encrypt to encrypt your .env file with AES-256 using your APP_KEY. On your server, use php veldora env:decrypt.

Veldora and all its official ecosystem packages are open-source software licensed under the permissive MIT License.