HelpDesk Kit - Start Kit Filament 4.x and Laravel 13.x

About HelpDesk Kit

HelpDesk Kit is a robust starter kit built on Laravel 13.x and Filament 4.x, designed to accelerate the development of help desk and support ticket systems with a ready-to-use multi-panel structure and integrated ticket management.

Features

• Laravel 13.x - The latest version of the most elegant PHP framework
• Filament 4.x - Powerful and flexible admin framework
• Help Desk System - Full-featured ticket management powered by filament-help-desk
  • Ticket creation, assignment, and tracking
  • Departments and categories
  • Canned responses
  • Email channel integration (inbound/outbound)
  • Ticket history and watchers
  • File attachments
• Multi-Panel Structure - Includes four pre-configured panels:
  • Admin Panel (/admin) - Full system administration, user/operator management, help desk configuration
  • Operator Panel (/operator) - Dedicated panel for support operators to manage assigned tickets
  • App Panel (/app) - For authenticated users to create and track support tickets
  • Guest Panel (/) - Public frontend interface for visitors
• Multi-Guard Authentication - Three separate auth guards with dedicated models:
  • Admin - Administrative access with impersonation support
  • Operator - Support operator access (ticket management only)
  • User - Application user access (ticket creation)
• Environment Configuration - Centralized configuration through the config/helpdeskkit.php file

System Requirements

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• Composer
• Node.js and PNPM

Installation

Clone the repository

laravel new my-app --using=jeffersongoncalves/helpdeskkitv4 --database=mysql

Using filakit CLI

Or use filakit CLI for a simplified setup:

filakit new my-app --kit=jeffersongoncalves/helpdeskkitv4

Install filakit CLI: composer global require jeffersongoncalves/filakit-cli

Easy Installation

HelpDesk Kit can be easily installed using the following command:

php install.php

This command automates the installation process by:

• Installing Composer dependencies
• Setting up the environment file
• Generating application key
• Setting up the database
• Running migrations
• Installing Node.js dependencies
• Building assets
• Configuring Herd (if used)

Manual Installation

Install JavaScript dependencies

pnpm install

Install Composer dependencies

composer install

Set up environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

Configure your database in the .env file

Run migrations

php artisan migrate

Build frontend assets

pnpm run build

Run the server

php artisan serve

Installation with Docker

Clone the repository

laravel new my-app --using=jeffersongoncalves/helpdeskkitv4 --database=mysql

Move into the project directory

cd my-app

Install Composer dependencies

composer install

Set up environment

cp .env.example .env

Configuring custom ports may be necessary if you have other services running on the same ports.

# Application Port (ex: 8080)
APP_PORT=8080

# MySQL Port (ex: 3306)
FORWARD_DB_PORT=3306

# Redis Port (ex: 6379)
FORWARD_REDIS_PORT=6379

# Mailpit Port (ex: 1025)
FORWARD_MAILPIT_PORT=1025

Start the Sail containers

./vendor/bin/sail up -d

You won't need to run php artisan serve, as Laravel Sail automatically handles the development server within the container.

Attach to the application container

./vendor/bin/sail shell

Generate the application key

php artisan key:generate

Install JavaScript dependencies

pnpm install

Authentication Structure

HelpDesk Kit comes pre-configured with a multi-guard authentication system that supports three types of users:

Default Credentials (after seeding)

Help Desk System

HelpDesk Kit includes the filament-help-desk plugin, providing a complete support ticket system:

Admin Panel (/admin)

• Manage all tickets, departments, categories, and canned responses
• Configure email channels for inbound/outbound ticket communication
• Manage operators and assign them to departments
• View ticket statistics and analytics widgets

Operator Panel (/operator)

• View and manage assigned tickets
• Change ticket status and priority
• Add comments and attachments
• Bulk assign and status change operations
• Ticket statistics by status widget

App Panel (/app)

• Create new support tickets
• Track ticket status and history
• View operator responses
• Attach files to tickets

Development

# Run the development server with logs, queues and asset compilation
composer dev

# Or run each component separately
php artisan serve
php artisan queue:listen --tries=1
pnpm run dev

Customization

Panel Configuration

Panels can be customized through their respective providers:

• app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php
• app/Providers/Filament/OperatorPanelProvider.php
• app/Providers/Filament/AppPanelProvider.php
• app/Providers/Filament/GuestPanelProvider.php

Alternatively, these settings are also consolidated in the config/helpdeskkit.php file for easier management.

Panel Toggling

Each panel can be enabled or disabled in config/helpdeskkit.php:

'admin_panel_enabled' => true,
'operator_panel_enabled' => true,
'app_panel_enabled' => true,
'guest_panel_enabled' => true,

Themes and Colors

Each panel has its own color scheme:

Help Desk Configuration

• config/help-desk.php - Core help desk settings (models, ticket settings, email, notifications)
• config/filament-help-desk.php - Filament panel-specific settings (navigation, resources, slugs)

Configuration File

The config/helpdeskkit.php file centralizes the configuration of the starter kit, including:

• Panel routes
• Middleware for each panel
• Branding options (logo, colors)
• Authentication guards

User Profile — joaopaulolndev/filament-edit-profile

This project already comes with the Filament Edit Profile plugin integrated for the Admin, Operator, and App panels. It adds a complete profile editing page with avatar, language, theme color, security (tokens, MFA), browser sessions, and email/password change.

• Routes (defaults in this project):
  • Admin: /admin/my-profile
  • Operator: /operator/my-profile
  • App: /app/my-profile
• Navigation: by default, the page does not appear in the menu (shouldRegisterNavigation(false)). If you want to show it in the sidebar menu, change it to true in the panel provider.

Where to configure

• Panel providers

  • Admin: app/Providers/Filament/AdminPanelProvider.php
  • Operator: app/Providers/Filament/OperatorPanelProvider.php
  • App: app/Providers/Filament/AppPanelProvider.php In these files you can adjust:
  • ->slug('my-profile') to change the URL (e.g., 'profile')
  • ->setTitle('My Profile') and ->setNavigationLabel('My Profile')
  • ->setNavigationGroup('Group Profile'), ->setIcon('heroicon-o-user'), ->setSort(10)
  • ->shouldRegisterNavigation(true|false) to show/hide it in the menu
  • Shown forms: ->shouldShowEmailForm(), ->shouldShowLocaleForm([...]), ->shouldShowThemeColorForm(), ->shouldShowSanctumTokens(), ->shouldShowMultiFactorAuthentication(), ->shouldShowBrowserSessionsForm(), ->shouldShowAvatarForm()

• General settings: config/filament-edit-profile.php

  • locales: language options available on the profile page
  • locale_column: column used in your model for language/locale (default: locale)
  • theme_color_column: column for theme color (default: theme_color)
  • avatar_column: avatar column (default: avatar_url)
  • disk: storage disk used for the avatar (default: public)
  • visibility: file visibility (default: public)

Migrations and models

• The required columns are already included in this kit's default migrations (users, admins, and operators): avatar_url, locale and theme_color, using the names defined in config/filament-edit-profile.php.
• The App\Models\User, App\Models\Admin, and App\Models\Operator models already read the avatar using the plugin configuration (getFilamentAvatarUrl).

Avatar storage

• Make sure the filesystem disk is configured and that the storage link exists: php artisan storage:link
• Adjust the disk and visibility in the config file according to your infrastructure.

Quick access

• Via direct URL: /admin/my-profile, /operator/my-profile, or /app/my-profile
• To make it visible in the sidebar navigation, set shouldRegisterNavigation(true) in the respective Provider.

Reference

• Plugin repository: https://github.com/joaopaulolndev/filament-edit-profile

Resources

HelpDesk Kit includes support for:

• Help desk ticket management system
• User, admin, and operator management
• Multi-guard authentication system (3 guards)
• Multi-panel Filament structure (4 panels)
• Tailwind CSS integration
• Database queue configuration
• Customizable panel routing and branding
• Email channel integration for ticket communication
• Database notifications

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Credits

Developed by Jefferson Goncalves.