SportsHub - Sports Community Events Platform

Launch your own sports community platform without spending months building everything from scratch.

SportsHub is a powerful Laravel-based solution that combines social networking, sports clubs, teams, events, sports venues, fitness centers, stores and community management into a single platform.

Whether you’re building a local sports portal, a fitness community, a sports startup, or a niche social network, SportsHub gives you everything you need to get started quickly.

Perfect For

✅ Sports Communities

✅ Sports Clubs & Academies

✅ Fitness Networks

✅ Local Sports Portals

✅ Event Organizers

✅ Sports Startups

✅ Sports Venue Directories

✅ White-Label Sports Platforms

Why SportsHub?

Unlike generic social network scripts, SportsHub is specifically designed for the sports industry.

Users can:

• Create profiles
• Join teams and groups
• Organize events
• Find sports partners
• Share photos and videos
• Communicate via private messages
• Follow community activities
• Discover sports clubs, fitness centers, stores and playgrounds

Everything is managed from a powerful administration panel.

Features

Social Network Features

• User profiles
• Activity feeds
• Friends system
• Private messaging
• Notifications
• Comments and likes
• Photo galleries
• Video galleries
• User privacy controls

Teams & Communities

• Create sports teams
• Create sports groups
• Member management
• Invitations and requests
• Community moderation
• Public, private and closed communities

Sports Events

• Event creation and management
• Participant invitations
• Event galleries
• Event comments and discussions
• Calendar integration
• Event filtering

Sports Directory

Dedicated sections for:

• Sports Clubs
• Fitness Centers
• Sports Stores
• Playgrounds & Sports Venues

Each listing includes:

• Description
• Photos
• Contact information
• Owner management tools

Search & Discovery

• Global search
• Recommended communities
• Recommended events
• Recommended sports venues
• Discover new users and activities

Administration Panel

Manage:

• Users
• Teams
• Groups
• Events
• Sports venues
• Fitness clubs
• Stores
• Content pages
• Menus
• Announcements
• Feedback requests
• Platform settings
• Sport categories
• System logs

Requirements

For Docker-based development:

• Docker
• Docker Compose

For local development without Docker:

• Apache2 or Nginx
• PHP 8.4.1+
• Composer
• Node.js and npm
• MySQL 8
• Redis, optional but recommended
• Memcached, optional

Instructions

Copy the environment file:

cp .env.example .env

Update the most important values in .env:

APP_NAME=PlayToGet
APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://localhost:8080

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=mysql_db
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel_db
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root_password

APP_LOCALE=en
APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE=en

Start the containers:

docker compose up -d --build

Install backend dependencies:

docker compose exec app composer install

Install frontend dependencies and build assets:

docker compose exec app npm install
docker compose exec app npm run build

Generate the application key:

docker compose exec app php artisan key:generate

Run database migrations and seed default data:

docker compose exec app php artisan migrate --seed

Create the public storage symlink:

docker compose exec app php artisan storage:link

Clear and warm the framework cache:

docker compose exec app php artisan optimize:clear
###/prepre###

http://localhost:8080

Optional Docker Tools

phpMyAdmin is included behind the tools profile:

docker compose --profile tools up -d phpmyadmin
###/prepre###
http://localhost:8089

The admin panel is available at:

http://localhost:8080/cp

Default seeded administrator:

Login: admin
Password: 1234567

Change these credentials before using the project in production.