Inside the New Laravel Forge with James Brooks

Laravel Creator Spotlight

In this episode, Eric Barnes sits down with James Brooks, team lead for Laravel’s core services team, to dive into the new Laravel Forge launch. James walks through the biggest updates to Forge, from organization support and zero-downtime deployments to the new command palette that makes managing servers and deployments easier than ever.

We also explore how Forge compares with Envoyer and Laravel Cloud, the challenges of building on top of legacy infrastructure, and how community feedback continues to shape the future of Laravel’s server management tools. Whether you’re a hobbyist or running production workloads at scale, this conversation will help you understand how Forge empowers developers with flexibility and control.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• James Brooks leads Laravel’s core services, including Forge and Envoyer.
• The new Forge introduces organization support and zero-downtime deployments.
• The command palette is a major UX improvement for developers.
• Forge continues to provide maximum flexibility for custom server setups.
• Envoyer focuses on zero-downtime deployments across multiple servers.
• Laravel Cloud offers a fully managed, simplified deployment experience.
• User feedback is central to feature development and roadmap decisions.

🔗 Resources

• Laravel Forge
• Laravel Cloud