Flowforge

Transform any Laravel model into a production-ready drag-and-drop Kanban board.

Why Flowforge?

🎯 3 Integration Patterns - Filament Pages, Resources, or standalone Livewire
⚡ Production-Ready - Handles 100+ cards per column with intelligent pagination
🔧 Zero Configuration - Works with your existing models and database
🎨 Fully Customizable - Actions, schemas, filters, and themes

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🚀 Quick Start (90 seconds)

1. Install Package

composer require relaticle/flowforge

2. Include CSS Assets

Important

If you have not set up a custom theme and are using Filament Panels follow the instructions in the Filament Docs first.

After setting up a custom theme add the plugin's views to your theme css file.

/* In your main CSS file (e.g., resources/css/app.css) */
@source "../../../../vendor/relaticle/flowforge/resources/views/**/*.blade.php";

3. Add Position Column

php artisan make:migration add_position_to_tasks_table

// migration
Schema::table('tasks', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->flowforgePositionColumn('position'); // Handles database-specific collations automatically
});

3. Generate Board

php artisan flowforge:make-board TaskBoard --model=Task

4. Register Page

// AdminPanelProvider.php
->pages([
    App\Filament\Pages\TaskBoard::class,
])

🎉 Done! Visit your Filament panel to see your Kanban board in action.

5. Repair Positions (Optional)

If you need to fix corrupted or missing position data:

php artisan flowforge:repair-positions

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📋 Requirements

• PHP: 8.3+
• Laravel: 11+
• Filament: 4.x
• Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MariaDB

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🎯 Integration Patterns

🔹 Pattern 1: Filament Page (Recommended)

Perfect for dedicated board pages in your admin panel.

<?php

namespace App\Filament\Pages;

use App\Models\Task;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Board;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\BoardPage;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Column;

class TaskBoard extends BoardPage
{
    protected static ?string $navigationIcon = 'heroicon-o-view-columns';
    
    public function board(Board $board): Board
    {
        return $board
            ->query(Task::query())
            ->columnIdentifier('status')
            ->positionIdentifier('position')
            ->columns([
                Column::make('todo')->label('To Do')->color('gray'),
                Column::make('in_progress')->label('In Progress')->color('blue'),
                Column::make('completed')->label('Completed')->color('green'),
            ]);
    }
}

✅ Use when: You want a standalone Kanban page in your admin panel
✅ Benefits: Full Filament integration, automatic registration, built-in actions

🔹 Pattern 2: Resource Integration

Integrate with your existing Filament resources. Perfect for campaign management where teams track tasks within campaigns.

<?php

namespace App\Filament\Resources\CampaignResource\Pages;

use App\Filament\Resources\CampaignResource;
use App\Models\Campaign;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Board;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\BoardResourcePage;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Column;

class CampaignTaskBoard extends BoardResourcePage
{
    protected static string $resource = CampaignResource::class;
    
    public function board(Board $board): Board
    {
        return $board
            ->query(
                // Get tasks for this specific campaign and current user's team
                $this->getRecord()
                    ->tasks()
                    ->whereHas('team', fn($q) => $q->where('id', auth()->user()->current_team_id))
                    ->getQuery()
            )
            ->columnIdentifier('status')
            ->positionIdentifier('position')
            ->columns([
                Column::make('backlog')->label('Backlog')->color('gray'),
                Column::make('in_progress')->label('In Progress')->color('blue'),
                Column::make('review')->label('Review')->color('amber'),
                Column::make('completed')->label('Completed')->color('green'),
            ]);
    }
}

// Register in your CampaignResource
public static function getPages(): array
{
    return [
        'index' => Pages\ListCampaigns::route('/'),
        'create' => Pages\CreateCampaign::route('/create'),
        'edit' => Pages\EditCampaign::route('/{record}/edit'),
        'tasks' => Pages\CampaignTaskBoard::route('/{record}/tasks'), // Add this line
    ];
}

✅ Use when: You want to add Kanban to existing Filament resources
✅ Benefits: Inherits resource permissions, policies, and global scopes

🔹 Pattern 3: Standalone Livewire

Use outside of Filament or in custom applications.

<?php

namespace App\Livewire;

use App\Models\Task;
use Filament\Actions\Concerns\InteractsWithActions;
use Filament\Actions\Contracts\HasActions;
use Filament\Forms\Concerns\InteractsWithForms;
use Filament\Forms\Contracts\HasForms;
use Livewire\Component;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Board;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Column;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Concerns\InteractsWithBoard;
use Relaticle\Flowforge\Contracts\HasBoard;

class TaskBoard extends Component implements HasBoard, HasActions, HasForms
{
    use InteractsWithBoard;
    use InteractsWithActions;
    use InteractsWithForms;

    public function board(Board $board): Board
    {
        return $board
            ->query(Task::query())
            ->columnIdentifier('status')
            ->positionIdentifier('position')
            ->columns([
                Column::make('todo')->label('To Do')->color('gray'),
                Column::make('in_progress')->label('In Progress')->color('blue'),
                Column::make('completed')->label('Completed')->color('green'),
            ]);
    }

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.task-board');
    }
}

{{-- resources/views/livewire/task-board.blade.php --}}
<div>
    <h1 class="text-2xl font-bold mb-6">Task Board</h1>
    {{ $this->board }}
</div>

✅ Use when: Building custom interfaces or non-Filament applications
✅ Benefits: Maximum flexibility, custom styling, independent routing

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🎨 Customization

Rich Card Content

use Filament\Infolists\Components\TextEntry;
use Filament\Schemas\Schema;

public function board(Board $board): Board
{
    return $board
        ->cardSchema(fn (Schema $schema) => $schema->components([
            TextEntry::make('priority')->badge()->color(fn ($state) => match($state) {
                'high' => 'danger',
                'medium' => 'warning',
                'low' => 'success',
                default => 'gray'
            }),
            TextEntry::make('due_date')->date()->icon('heroicon-o-calendar'),
            TextEntry::make('assignee.name')->icon('heroicon-o-user'),
        ]));
}

Actions and Interactions

Column Actions (Create, Bulk Operations)

use Filament\Actions\CreateAction;
use Filament\Forms\Components\TextInput;
use Filament\Forms\Components\Select;

public function board(Board $board): Board
{
    return $board
        ->columnActions([
            CreateAction::make()
                ->label('Add Task')
                ->model(Task::class)
                ->form([
                    TextInput::make('title')->required(),
                    Select::make('priority')
                        ->options(['low' => 'Low', 'medium' => 'Medium', 'high' => 'High'])
                        ->default('medium'),
                ])
                ->mutateFormDataUsing(function (array $data, array $arguments): array {
                    if (isset($arguments['column'])) {
                        $data['status'] = $arguments['column'];
                        $data['position'] = $this->getBoardPositionInColumn($arguments['column']);
                    }
                    return $data;
                }),
        ]);
}

Card Actions (Edit, Delete, Custom)

use Filament\Actions\EditAction;
use Filament\Actions\DeleteAction;

public function board(Board $board): Board
{
    return $board
        ->cardActions([
            EditAction::make()->model(Task::class),
            DeleteAction::make()->model(Task::class),
        ])
        ->cardAction('edit'); // Makes cards clickable
}

Search and Filtering

Advanced Filtering

use Filament\Tables\Filters\SelectFilter;
use Filament\Tables\Filters\Filter;

public function board(Board $board): Board
{
    return $board
        ->searchable(['title', 'description', 'assignee.name'])
        ->filters([
            SelectFilter::make('priority')
                ->options(TaskPriority::class)
                ->multiple(),
            SelectFilter::make('assigned_to')
                ->relationship('assignee', 'name')
                ->searchable()
                ->preload(),
            Filter::make('overdue')
                ->label('Overdue')
                ->query(fn (Builder $query) => $query->where('due_date', '<', now()))
                ->toggle(),
        ]);
}

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🏗️ Database Schema

Required Fields

Schema::create('tasks', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
    $table->string('title');                         // Card title
    $table->string('status');                        // Column identifier
    $table->flowforgePositionColumn();               // Drag-and-drop ordering (handles DB-specific collations)
    $table->timestamps();
});

// Custom column name
$table->flowforgePositionColumn('sort_order');      // Creates 'sort_order' column instead

Database-Specific Collations

The flowforgePositionColumn() method automatically applies the correct binary collation for each database:

Database	Collation	Purpose
MySQL/MariaDB	utf8mb4_bin	Binary comparison by character code values
PostgreSQL	C	Binary byte comparison (POSIX locale)
SQL Server	Latin1_General_BIN2	Unicode code-point comparison
SQLite	None	Uses BINARY collation by default

These collations ensure consistent fractional ranking behavior across all database systems.

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🧪 Testing

Testing Your Boards

use Livewire\Livewire;

test('task board renders successfully', function () {
    Task::factory()->count(10)->create();
    
    Livewire::test(TaskBoard::class)
        ->assertSuccessful()
        ->assertSee('To Do')
        ->assertSee('In Progress')
        ->assertSee('Done');
});

test('can move tasks between columns', function () {
    $task = Task::factory()->todo()->create();
    
    Livewire::test(TaskBoard::class)
        ->call('moveCard', $task->id, 'in_progress')
        ->assertSuccessful();
    
    expect($task->fresh()->status)->toBe('in_progress');
});

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🚀 Performance Features

• Intelligent Pagination: Efficiently handles 100+ cards per column
• Infinite Scroll: Smooth loading with 80% scroll threshold
• Optimistic UI: Immediate feedback with rollback on errors
• Position Algorithm: Fractional ranking prevents database locks
• Query Optimization: Cursor-based pagination with relationship eager loading

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🎛️ API Reference

Board Configuration

Method	Description	Required
query(Builder)	Set data source	✅
columnIdentifier(string)	Status field name	✅
positionIdentifier(string)	Position field name	✅
columns(array)	Define board columns	✅
recordTitleAttribute(string)	Card title field
cardSchema(Closure)	Rich card content
cardActions(array)	Card-level actions
columnActions(array)	Column-level actions
searchable(array)	Enable search
filters(array)	Add filters

Column Configuration

Column::make('todo')
    ->label('To Do')
    ->color('gray')        // gray, blue, red, green, amber, purple, pink
    ->icon('heroicon-o-queue-list')

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🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues & Solutions

Cards not draggable

Cause: Missing positionIdentifier or position column
Solution: Add ->positionIdentifier('position') and ensure database column exists

Empty board

Cause: Status values don't match column identifiers
Debug: dd($this->getEloquentQuery()->get()) to verify data

Actions not working

Cause: Missing traits or action configuration
Solution: Ensure your class uses InteractsWithActions, InteractsWithForms

New cards appear randomly

Cause: Missing position in create actions
Solution: Add $data['position'] = $this->getBoardPositionInColumn($arguments['column']);

Corrupted or missing position data

Cause: Database issues, manual edits, or migration problems
Solution: Run php artisan flowforge:repair-positions to fix position data

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

• Implementation Guide - Complete developer guide
• Testing Examples - Production-ready test patterns
• Report Issues

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📄 License

MIT License. See LICENSE.md for details.

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