A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/laravel: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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This is the community for Laravel, a free and open-source PHP web framework. The description says the framework is known for expressive, elegant syntax that frees you to create without sweating the small things. The people here are Laravel developers and people building with Laravel, and the rules say the space is for discussions, resources, and news related to the Laravel ecosystem. It is not a support desk for individual problems, and it is not a job board. If your product, tutorial, or story connects directly to building with Laravel, this is your room. If it is about some other framework or a general business topic with no Laravel angle, the first rule says to post it somewhere else.
The rule that decides most marketing outcomes here is “Don't Spam / No Clickbait”. It says self-promotion is fine if it is valuable, but you cannot post back-to-back, cannot drop links without engaging, and cannot hijack threads to promote your own product. Titles must clearly convey the topic, so a vague or clickbait headline gets your post removed before anyone reads it. “Must be about Laravel” is the other gate, because anything not directly related to Laravel belongs elsewhere, and framework comparison posts are not allowed at all. “Be Civil” matters if you end up in a heated comment thread, since name-calling, insults, and personal attacks are not tolerated. “No Help/Support Posts” matters if your plan is to post a question about your own project, because that belongs in the weekly help thread instead. “No 'Help Wanted' or 'Available for Hire' posts” matters if you are recruiting, because job posts go to LaraJobs, not here.
A good post here is directly about Laravel and gives something the community can use. Think a package you built that solves a real Laravel problem, a tutorial that teaches a technique, a write-up of how you solved something in a Laravel codebase, or news about the ecosystem. If you are promoting your own tool, the rule says self-promotion is fine if it is valuable, so lead with the value and stay in the thread answering questions. Write a title that clearly says what the post is about, because vague or clickbait titles are not allowed. Do not post a support question about your own app as a main post, use the weekly help thread for that.
The fastest way to get removed is posting something that is not directly about Laravel, or a framework comparison, under “Must be about Laravel”. Dropping a link with no engagement, posting back-to-back promotions, or hijacking someone else's thread to pitch your product all trip “Don't Spam / No Clickbait”. A clickbait or unclear title gets removed too. Help and support posts about your own specific issue are removed under “No Help/Support Posts”, and the same rule points you to the weekly help thread, the official Laravel Discord, or /r/PHPHelp. Job listings and hire-me posts are removed under “No 'Help Wanted' or 'Available for Hire' posts”, which sends you to LaraJobs. Name-calling, insults, unnecessary profanity, or personal attacks break “Be Civil”. Low effort posts, obvious AI generated content, and near copy-paste from the docs are also named as removable.
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Yes, conditionally. The “Don't Spam / No Clickbait” rule says self-promotion is fine if it is valuable, but you cannot post back-to-back, cannot drop links without engaging, and cannot hijack threads to promote your own product.
Yes, if it is genuinely about the Laravel ecosystem, like a package, a tutorial, or a tool that Laravel developers would use. A general marketing tool with no Laravel angle does not fit.
No. “No Help/Support Posts” says the subreddit is not for individual support, and it points you to the weekly help thread, the official Laravel Discord, or /r/PHPHelp instead.
No. “No 'Help Wanted' or 'Available for Hire' posts” bans job posts and points you to LaraJobs, the official Laravel job board.
No. “Must be about Laravel” says framework comparison content is not allowed on the subreddit.
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