Vanguard – Advanced PHP Login and User Management

Vanguard is PHP application, written in Laravel PHP framework, that allows website owners to quickly add and enable authentication, authorization and user management to their website. It is designed following latest security and code standards and it is ready for high availability websites. Although it is written in Laravel, it can be used to provide secure login, authentication, authorization and complete user management for any PHP powered website. Vanguard also comes with fully documented JSON API which allows you to easily authenticate users from your mobile (or any other) application.

It comes with almost three hundred automated tests (functional and unit), that cover all vital parts of the application and the API and ensures it’s maintainability and stability.

Version 6.0.0

Features
Secure user registration and login
Social Authentication using Facebook, Twitter and Google+
Password reset
Two-Factor Authentication
Remember Me feature on login
Login with email or username
Google reCAPTCHA on registration
Authentication Throttling (lock user account after few incorrect login attempts)
Interactive Dashboard
Unlimited number of user roles
Powerful admin panel
Unlimited number of permissions
Manage permissions from admin interface
Assign permission to roles
Easily check if user has permission to perform some action
JSON API to build any kind of applications around Vanguard
Super easy installation using installation wizard
User Activity Log
Avatar upload with crop feature
Built using Bootstrap 4
Active Sessions Management (see and manage all your active sessions)
Admins can impersonate users
Full unicode support
Client side and server side form validation
Fully customisable from settings section
Complete and detailed documentation
Fully object oriented and commented PHP and JavaScript code.
Localization support – Translate the application to any language (English, Serbian and German translations included)
Runs on PHP 7.3.0+
Flexible Plugin System
Security
CSRF Protection – all forms include CSRF token
Session Protection – highly secure Laravel session mechanism
Highly secure one-way password hashing
Server Requirements
PHP >= 7.4.0
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