Laravel Localization is a Laravel package that provides easy internationalization and localization for multi-language applications.
The package solves the problem of managing multiple language versions of a Laravel application by automatically generating localized routes and detecting user language preferences. It works by intercepting requests, detecting the desired language from the URL, browser headers, or stored session/cookie data, and dynamically generating routes for each supported locale. The package allows developers to define routes once and have them automatically available in all configured languages, with support for translatable route segments.
The tool suits Laravel applications that need multi-language support without manually creating separate route definitions for each language. It is particularly useful for projects that want to hide the default locale from URLs, automatically detect user language from browser preferences, or provide language selection helpers. The README explicitly recommends that new projects or applications planning to migrate should use the modern successor package instead, which supports route caching natively through statically registered routes rather than dynamic generation per request. Existing users who need to stay on the current architecture can continue using this package.
The project remains actively maintained for compatibility updates with new Laravel and PHP versions, security fixes, and small bug fixes. The package supports caching and testing workflows, though route caching requires workarounds in the current architecture. The maintainers continue to provide support for users who depend on the existing dynamic routing approach.
