Prerequisites

Pulsar installation compatibility

Subject	Range	Status	Notes
PHP requirement	^8.3 (minimum 8.3.0)	✓ Supported	Package constraint; package-tested rows are 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5.
Laravel 12	12.x	✓ Supported	Integration-tested on PHP 8.3 and 8.4 with Testbench ^10.0.
Laravel 13	13.x	✓ Supported	Integration-tested on PHP 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 with Testbench ^11.0.
Composer	2.x	✓ Supported	Required for this Packagist workflow; Pulsar declares no narrower Composer constraint.
Application	Official Laravel 12 or 13	△ Conditional	Run at the application root with readable and writable provider and bootstrap files.

Required and tested are different

The PHP constraint describes versions Composer may accept. The tested rows name the PHP versions exercised by package CI; do not treat every future version admitted by the constraint as package-tested. Laravel 12 and Laravel 13 are the supported framework majors. Laravel 11 is not part of this installation scope.

Composer 2 is required for the documented Packagist workflow. Pulsar declares no narrower Composer version, so the table does not promise one particular Composer 2 release.

Application checks

Run from the root of an official Laravel 12 or 13 application. The installer must be able to read and write app/Providers, bootstrap/app.php, and bootstrap/providers.php.

Context: application root — Compare the active tools and framework major with the compatibility table.

php --version
composer --version
php artisan --version

The execution evidence used skeleton v12.12.2 with framework v12.65.0 and skeleton v13.8.0 with framework v13.24.0. Those exact versions prove this documentation run; they are not upper bounds.