Do I need Livewire?
Only for the public booking widget and the admin screens. A headless installation using the REST API and the iCal feeds needs nothing beyond the core dependencies. Install it with composer require livewire/livewire when you want the widget.
Does the widget work without JavaScript?
Yes. Every step is a real <form> — choosing a service, provider, month, day, or time is a GET carrying the choice in the query string, and confirming is a POST. JavaScript only adds the visitor's timezone. See Public Booking Widget.
Can two customers book the same slot?
No. Booking creation runs behind an advisory lock on the provider's local day, and a partial unique index catches anything that slips the lock — the round-robin assigner then falls through to the next free provider. On SQLite the lock falls back to the cache store; point artisanpack.bookings.lock.store at a shared store if you run more than one app server. See Creating a Booking.
Which calendars can I sync with?
iCal feeds (subscribable, no account) ship in the box. Two-way Google sync ships here, gated on artisanpack-ui/google. Microsoft/Outlook and Apple sync come from the companion artisanpack-ui/microsoft and artisanpack-ui/apple packages. See Calendar Sync.
How do customers manage a booking without an account?
Through a manage token — a hashed, single-credential link that lands in their confirmation email. Set ARTISANPACK_BOOKINGS_MANAGE_URL so the link is generated, and mount the self-serve page or build against the manage endpoints.
Can I send SMS reminders?
Yes, but it is opt-in and needs a gateway driver — the package never sends a paid text on your behalf. Add sms to notifications.channels and set notifications.sms_driver. Read the SMS-pumping and logging warnings first. See Text Messages.
How do I extend or change behaviour?
Filters change behaviour; actions observe it. There are also six contracts you can rebind. See Hooks & Filters.
Is the package multi-site aware?
Yes. Every owned table carries a nullable site_id and scopes to the current site through artisanpack-ui/core. Configure it in artisanpack.core.multi_tenant, not this package's config. See Multi-Site.
How is personal data handled?
Retention prunes soft-delete old bookings (keeping the record); a request-driven erase command scrubs a person's data on demand. There is no export command. See GDPR, Retention & Erasure.
Is there a React / Vue version?
Yes — @artisanpack-ui/bookings-js ships the same flow as React and Vue components on one framework-agnostic client. See Frontend Overview.
What Laravel and PHP versions are supported?
PHP 8.2+ and Laravel 11, 12, or 13 (Laravel 13 needs PHP 8.3+). See Requirements.