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BookMyMovie is an open-source cinema ticketing platform for Pakistan, built with Laravel 12, React 19, Inertia 2, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS 4. Visitors browse films, watch trailers, pick seats on a live seat map (or from inside a 3D model of the hall), add snacks and get a signed QR e-ticket that works offline and goes into Apple or Google Wallet.

Status: complete as a portfolio project. Latest release: v1.0.2. It isn't hosted; clone it and run it locally.

Start here

Page	What it covers
Getting started	Requirements, install, seed data, queue worker and scheduler
Docker	Production-style stack with MySQL, Redis, a queue worker and the scheduler
Configuration	Every optional .env feature: payments, wallets, reCAPTCHA, web push, social sign-in
Architecture	How the browser, Laravel, MySQL, the cache and the queue fit together
Booking and locking	Seat holds, checkout, status transitions and why a seat can't be sold twice
Caching and performance	The five cache layers, image and trailer delivery, code splitting
SEO	Title and description limits, JSON-LD, sitemap, robots.txt and llms.txt
Testing	Test suite, the 15-user load test, the admin sweep and the security probe
Security	Headers, rate limits, bans, captchas, 2FA, signed QR codes
Box office guide	The admin area: roles, analytics, refunds, ticket check, audit log
Film media	Adding posters, backdrops and trailers for a film
FAQ	Common questions about running and changing the project
Write-ups	Project page, case study and security write-up

Read more

• BookMyMovie project page
• Case study: building a cinema ticketing platform
• One seat, two buyers: race conditions, IDOR and keys in BookMyMovie
• README with the full data model (ERD)

Built by Syed Ahmer Shah. MIT licence.