Cashier Paddle

Judgement

What it is

Integration

What it does

The official Laravel package for Paddle Billing, covering checkout, subscriptions and webhooks.

Adopt it when

Your Laravel app sells through Paddle as merchant of record.

Watch out

Tied to Paddle, which takes a percentage fee per transaction.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Library

Built with

PHP, Laravel and Paddle

How established

Established: started 6 years ago, latest release v2.8.1.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Cashier Paddle → Php-src → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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