# 🚀 Setting up a Fresh Laravel Project with Composer
Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks, and getting started with it is super easy using **Composer**. In just a few steps, you can have a brand-new Laravel project running locally.
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Step 1: Install Composer
Make sure Composer is installed on your system. You can check by running:
composer -V
Step 2: Create a New Laravel Project
Run the following command in your terminal:
composer create-project laravel/laravel myapp
Here:
laravel/laravel → tells Composer to fetch the Laravel framework.
myapp → is your project folder name (you can change it).
This will download Laravel and set up all dependencies automatically.
Step 3: Navigate to Your Project
Move into your new Laravel project folder:
cd myapp
Step 4: Run the Development Server
Laravel comes with a built-in server. Start it with:
php artisan serve
By default, the app will run at: