Laravel

Laravel is a framework indeed, a PHP based-one - but it would be an understatement to call it just a framework.
Laravel is an ecosystem - an ecosystem with batteries included for most parts of the engine (framework).
They have more than 20 items under the Ecosystem. Take for example the most commonly used one - Laravel Breeze - which is a feature for basic authentication features like login, registration, password reset, email verification, and password confirmation. The alternative to Breeze is Jetstream which is more advanced which gives you the option to make use of Intertia or Livewire for scaffolding.
Another, yet very important 'battery' required is a backend admin section to the Laravel app, which otherwise is not available by default in Laravel, is, Nova , which is not free and requires an annual payment. If a recurring subscription deters you from using Nova, then we can explore using Filament which is free and open-source and has a ton of other features.

The other super cool batteries in the ecosystem are Spark and Vapor . Spark is a full-blown SaaS suite which makes use of Stripe/Paddle as the payment processor for subscriptions and Vapor is serverless deployment platform on Amazon AWS. Both, Spark and Vapor are paid subscriptions but even if you're running a small business, then this is your asset. We choose Ploi + DigitalOcean for deploying Laravel apps. And if your business is growing and want a more scalable solution, then it's Vapor with AWS.

Some of the other famous Laravel based open-source systems are Krayin, Lychee, Bagisto and UVDesk, three of which are from the same founding company.

One of the CMSes that we are currently striving for is OctoberCMS , a CMS platform based on Laravel which we think is far far superior to WordPress when it comes to security and ease of use from a developer's point of view. There are too far lesser headaches when maintaining a OctoberCMS than a WordPress counterpart.

I mean, we literally have resources to spin up a real-world application based on Laravel in a week or two with the default basic functionality.

And there's no shortage or learning resources for Laravel at laracasts and laraveldaily.