Laravel front ends

Laravel with React or Vue, wired together the right way

Inertia, a standalone SPA or Livewire: each suits a different product. We pick with you, then handle authentication, forms, server-side rendering and the Vite build so both sides feel like one application.

  • React and Vue in house
  • One team, both sides
  • SSR where SEO matters
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What is included
  • Inertia applications
  • Standalone SPA with API
  • Livewire interfaces
  • Authentication across both sides
  • SSR and SEO
  • Vite, forms and state
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The problem

Where front and back end fall out of step

Teams reach this page from two directions. Some have a Laravel application with Blade templates and want screens that feel more like a modern app: instant filters, inline editing, drag and drop. Others have a React or Vue developer, or a design built in components, and need a back end behind it. Both run into the same question quickly, and it is an architecture question before it is a coding one.

There are three sound ways to put an interactive front end on Laravel: Inertia, a separate single-page application talking to an API, and Livewire, which avoids a JavaScript framework entirely. Each changes how you handle routing, login, validation, search engines and deployment. Picking the wrong one is the usual reason these projects double in cost. We build with all three, and we write both the PHP and the JavaScript in the same team.

  • Two apps where one would do

    A separate SPA and API were built for an internal tool. Now every feature means two pull requests, two deployments, duplicated routing and validation written twice in two languages.

  • Login works until it does not

    Tokens in local storage, CORS errors that appear only in production, sessions that expire mid-form. Authentication across two origins was assembled from blog posts and nobody fully trusts it.

  • Search engines see an empty page

    Public pages render only in the browser. Titles and descriptions arrive late or never, link previews are blank, and marketing asks why the product pages are not indexed.

  • State is copied everywhere

    Server data is fetched, copied into a client store, edited there and synced back by hand. Screens show stale records and bugs come from the copies disagreeing.

What we do

How we join the two halves

We match the integration style to the product, then build the parts that make a React or Vue front end and a Laravel back end behave as one system.

Inertia applications

React or Vue pages served by Laravel routes and controllers through Inertia, with no separate API to maintain, shared layouts, partial reloads and server-driven props.

Standalone SPA with API

A decoupled React or Vue application consuming a versioned Laravel API, for products that also feed mobile apps or need a front end deployed on its own.

Livewire interfaces

Reactive forms, tables and modals written in PHP and Blade with Livewire and a little Alpine, for teams that would prefer not to run a JavaScript framework.

Authentication across both sides

Session cookies with Sanctum for same-site front ends, tokens where they are truly needed, CSRF and CORS configured correctly, and permissions shared with the UI.

SSR and SEO

Server-side rendering for Inertia pages, or a framework such as Next or Nuxt in front of the API, so public pages arrive as HTML with correct meta tags.

Vite, forms and state

Vite builds with code splitting and hot reload, forms that display Laravel validation errors field by field, and server state handled by a query library instead of manual copies.

Typical projects

Front-end projects on Laravel

01

Modernizing Blade screens

The busiest pages of an existing application rebuilt as Inertia or Livewire components one at a time, while the remaining Blade views keep working beside them.

02

Dashboard-heavy product

A data-rich admin or analytics interface in React or Vue with tables, charts, filters and real-time updates over WebSockets through Laravel broadcasting.

03

Server side for an existing front end

Your designers or front-end team have built the interface. We supply the Laravel API, authentication and data layer it needs, to an agreed contract.

04

Public site plus logged-in app

Marketing and catalog pages rendered on the server for search engines, with the account area behaving as a single-page application after login.

In depth

Inertia, a separate SPA or Livewire

Inertia when one team owns everything

Inertia lets Laravel keep doing routing, controllers, middleware and authorization while pages are written as React or Vue components. A controller returns a component name and its props instead of a Blade view. There is no REST API to design, document and version, and no client-side router to keep in step with the server. For a web product with a single front end and a single team this is the cheapest architecture to build and to own. Its limit is equally clear: the props are not a public API. If a mobile app or partners need the same data, you add proper endpoints for them.

A separate SPA when there are several consumers

A standalone React or Vue application with a Laravel API makes sense when the API is needed anyway, for mobile apps or integrations, or when front-end and back-end teams ship on different schedules. You pay for the independence. Routing exists twice, validation messages must travel through the API in a consistent format, and deployments have to be coordinated so a new front end never calls an endpoint that is not live yet. We agree the contract as an OpenAPI document first, as described under Laravel API development, and generate TypeScript types from it so mismatches fail at build time.

Livewire when you do not need a SPA at all

Many applications want interactivity without a JavaScript framework. Livewire components are PHP classes with Blade templates that update over small network requests. Searchable tables, multi-step forms, modals and inline edits are well within reach, and the team stays in one language. It is less suited to interfaces with heavy client-side state, such as a design canvas or a spreadsheet-like editor, or to screens that must work offline. We often recommend it for back-office software.

Authentication without the usual mistakes

If the front end is served from the same site as Laravel, use the session cookie. Sanctum supports this for SPAs, the cookie is HTTP-only, and CSRF protection works as normal. Tokens in browser storage are exposed to any script that runs on the page, so we reserve tokens for mobile and third-party clients. The UI also needs to know what the user may do. We pass a compact list of abilities derived from Laravel policies, so buttons are hidden for the right people while the server remains the real gatekeeper.

Rendering, forms and server state

Public pages that need to rank get server-side rendering. Inertia has an SSR mode that runs a small Node process beside PHP, and a decoupled build can use Next or Nuxt. Logged-in screens rarely need it. Forms submit to Laravel form requests, and validation errors map straight back to fields. For server data in a standalone SPA we use a query library that caches and refetches, and keep client stores for true interface state only, such as which panel is open.

Process

How the front-end work proceeds

  1. 1

    Architecture decision

    We review your screens, team and other consumers of the data, then recommend Inertia, a separate SPA or Livewire with reasons in writing.

  2. 2

    Foundation

    Vite build, layouts, authentication, error handling, shared types and a component library matched to your design are set up first.

  3. 3

    Screens in vertical slices

    Each screen is delivered with its controller or endpoint, validation, tests and front-end component together, and reviewed on staging.

  4. 4

    Performance and SEO pass

    Bundle size, code splitting, caching and server-side rendering are checked against real pages and real devices.

  5. 5

    Release and handover

    A single deployment pipeline builds assets and releases the back end together, with documentation for both sides.

Deliverables

What you have at the end

  • A written rationale for the chosen architecture
  • One deployment pipeline for front and back end
  • Authentication that holds up across both sides
  • Typed contracts between PHP and JavaScript
  • Public pages that search engines can read
FAQ

React and Vue with Laravel common questions

React or Vue: which works better with Laravel?
Both are first-class. Laravel's starter kits and Inertia support each of them, and Vite builds either. Choose by team: what your developers know, what your component library uses and who you can hire. If there is no existing preference, we will suggest one based on the interface.
What is Inertia, in plain terms?
It is a thin layer that lets Laravel controllers render React or Vue components the way they would render Blade views. You get a single-page feel with server-side routing and no separate API. It suits products where the web front end is the only client.
When should we build a separate SPA and API?
When the API will serve more than one client, such as a mobile app or partner integrations, or when separate teams own each side. If neither applies, the extra coordination rarely pays for itself, and Inertia or Livewire will reach the same result with less code.
Can you convert our Blade application gradually?
Yes. Inertia and Livewire pages can live beside Blade views in the same application, sharing session, layout assets and routes. We convert the screens that gain most from interactivity first and leave simple pages alone.
Will a React or Vue front end hurt SEO?
Not if public pages are rendered on the server. We add SSR for the pages that need to rank, with correct titles, meta tags and structured data in the initial HTML. Pages behind login do not need it.
We already have front-end developers. Can you do only the Laravel side?
Yes. We agree the contract with your team, provide a staging API or Inertia endpoints, and review integration issues together. Equally, you can hire a full-stack developer from us who covers both.
Can the same back end serve a mobile app later?
Yes, by adding a versioned API beside the web routes. If the logic already lives in services and policies, endpoints reuse it. We describe that pattern for Flutter clients on our Laravel backend for Flutter page.
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