I’ve been neck-deep in Laravel 5.2 (followed by 5.3) – bye bye ZF1. Here are some of my favourite packages:

• ACL: Laratrust (https://github.com/santigarcor/laratrust)
• API: Dingo (https://github.com/dingo/api)
• Modules: Laravel-Modules (https://github.com/nWidart/laravel-modules)
• Repositories: Laravel Repositories (https://github.com/bosnadev/repository)
• Audit: Laravel-Auditing (https://github.com/owen-it/laravel-auditing)

Notable mentions: log-viewer, database backup, flash messages, forms & html