Laravel 12 Socialite Login With Google Account Example

In this guide, you’ll learn how to implement Google login in a Laravel 12 project using the Laravel Socialite package. Social logins provide a smoother experience for users by letting them sign in with accounts they already use—Google being the most common choice worldwide.

We’ll use Laravel’s built-in authentication scaffolding with Bootstrap to integrate Google OAuth. If you prefer, you could also set this up with Laravel Jetstream or Laravel Breeze, since both include support for third-party authentication. Laravel Socialite doesn’t just work with Google—it also supports popular providers like GitHub, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, giving you the flexibility to offer multiple login methods.

The process is straightforward: you’ll install and configure Socialite, create a Google Cloud OAuth client, define routes and a controller, and manage the login callback. Along the way, you’ll also see how to register users automatically and sign them in with their Google credentials.

By the end, you’ll have a fully functional Google login integration in Laravel 12 that you can directly apply to your own projects.

Step 1: Install Laravel 12
Step 2: Install Laravel UI
Step 3: Install Laravel Socialite
Step 4: Configure Google OAuth Credentials
Step 5: Add google_id Column to Users Table
Step 6: Update User Model
Step 7: Create Controller for Google Login
Step 8: Create Route
Step 9: Add Google Login Button in Blade
Step 10: Run the Laravel Application

Step 1: Install Laravel 12

To get started, we need a fresh Laravel application. If you already have Laravel 12 set up on your system, you can move on to the next step. Otherwise, open your terminal and run the following command to create a new Laravel project:
```
  composer create-project laravel/laravel laravel-12-socialite-login-with-google
```
Once the installation is complete, navigate into your project directory:
```
  cd laravel-12-socialite-login-with-google
```
Now you’re ready to configure authentication with Socialite.

Step 2: Install Laravel UI

Before adding Google login with Socialite, let’s first configure the default authentication system in Laravel. This will generate the essential login, registration, and password reset functionality, along with a ready-to-use Bootstrap UI.

Start by installing the Laravel UI package via Composer:
```
  composer require laravel/ui
```
Next, run the command below to generate the Bootstrap-based authentication scaffolding:
```
  php artisan ui bootstrap --auth
```
After that, install the frontend dependencies and compile the assets:
```
  npm install && npm run dev
```
At this point, Laravel will:
- Generate all the authentication routes (login, register, forgot password, etc.)
- Provide a Bootstrap-powered frontend UI
- Prepare your application for integrating Google login with Socialite

Note: If you’re already using Jetstream or Breeze, you don’t need to follow these Bootstrap UI steps, since those packages come with authentication out of the box.

Step 3: Install Laravel Socialite

Now that authentication scaffolding is ready, the next step is to bring in Laravel Socialite, the official package for handling OAuth authentication. Socialite provides a simple API to integrate with popular providers like Google, Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, and more.

Run the following command to install Socialite via Composer: