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web apps and dev teams

In today’s climate, the success of your business hinges on the quality of your software.
Tighten’s expert Laravel developers build and consult on the world’s best web and mobile apps,
helping our clients solve hard problems and achieve incredible results.

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Our client partnerships
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Over the past 15 years, we've partnered on a wide array of groundbreaking digital projects.

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Sweetwater Sound

Our enduring partnership has helped solidify Sweetwater as the industry leader in music and pro audio gear.

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Chicago Botanic Garden

Tighten helped the Garden give citizen scientists tools to protect rare species and act as stewards for our collective future.

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The Boutique Hub

How Tighten helped The Boutique Hub launch their app twice as fast as originally planned, building a scalable foundation for long-term success.

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We helped civic-minded citizens divert thousands of tons of waste from their water supply, one drain at a time.

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We wrote the book

Our co-founder Matt Stauffer wrote the canonical Laravel reference book, now in its third edition.

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Your friendly neighborhood Laravel experts.

Our full-stack development team is focused on a select segment of the technology landscape. In other words, we only do a few things, but we do them at the highest level.

Laravel

The present and future of backend web development. We wrote the book.

Vue & React

These ultra-modern frontend frameworks pair beautifully with Laravel.

Hybrid Mobile

Game-changing, cross-platform mobile apps with a single codebase.

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Laravel community.

The Laravel Podcast

We sponsor, and Matt hosts, the official podcast for all things Laravel.

BuiltWithLaravel

We created and maintain a curated catalog of companies and organizations using Laravel.

Business of Laravel Podcast

Matt conducts short, powerful interviews with business leaders working with and within the Laravel ecosystem.

Never Settle

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We’ve spent a decade assembling and nurturing the industry’s finest development team. We’re here to do the best work of our lives on behalf of your business.

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Latest insights from our blog

10 Efficient (and Fun) Ways to Seed Your Database

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Seeders allow us to quickly fill our database with records to test our application. Let's say that you need a couple of users to test your authentication system—you could create them manually using your app's register page or...

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