Inertia.js
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Recommended for building SPA-style frontends on server frameworks like Laravel, Django and Rails without a separate API. One critic reported trouble getting it to work with the Buffalo framework.
Recommended for building SPA-style frontends on server frameworks like Laravel, Django and Rails without a separate API. One critic reported trouble getting it to work with the Buffalo framework.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 14 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
SPA feel without a separate API
“it lets you use a React frontend and a Laravel backend without a dedicated API or endpoints, its so much faster to develop and iterate”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components” “With Inertia.js, you get the real feel of an SPA without the complexity of maintaining APIs just for the frontend.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript” “So, try Inertia – it is a best of both worlds.”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (May 2026)” - Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “SvelteKit 3”
Works with Laravel, Django, Rails
“This is why I'm a big advocate of Inertia.js. For me it's the right balance of using "serious" batteries included traditional MVC backends”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components” “it lets you use a React frontend and a Laravel backend without a dedicated API or endpoints, its so much faster to develop and iterate”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components” “Inertia because it’s a plug-in replacement for ruby html templating aka erb”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week” - Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week”
- Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript”
Little backend change needed
“It's amazing how powerful this stack is and how little you have to change in the backend.”
Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “Returning to Rails in 2026” “Inertia because it’s a plug-in replacement for ruby html templating aka erb”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week” Good starter kits and SSR support
“as we have https://inertiajs.com/ right now, you can do SSR of any complexity in Vue”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “SvelteKit 3” “The two main front end tools, Livewire and Inertia, are fun, with good starter kits.”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “PHP Foundation 'under-funded' with one full-time staff member, director says”
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See all 21 JavaScript frameworks, rankedWhat people said
17 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The two main front end tools, Livewire and Inertia, are fun, with good starter kits.”
“It’s the best of both worlds.”
“as we have https://inertiajs.com/ right now, you can do SSR of any complexity in Vue”
“powered by a custom Inertia.js adapter for Hono”
“With Inertia.js, you get the real feel of an SPA without the complexity of maintaining APIs just for the frontend.”
“its as easy as using Django's templating engine”
“acts like a request-response cycle”
“So, try Inertia – it is a best of both worlds.”
“It's even easier with Inertiajs”
“It's amazing how powerful this stack is and how little you have to change in the backend.”
“for most folks -- just user Inertia + Django | Rails”
“Inertia because it’s a plug-in replacement for ruby html templating aka erb”
“the frontend story being crappy without Inertia”
“otherwise just inertia + PrimeVue”
“Trying to get inertia and the Buffalo framework to work together gave the llm trama”
“it lets you use a React frontend and a Laravel backend without a dedicated API or endpoints, its so much faster to develop and iterate”
“This is why I'm a big advocate of Inertia.js. For me it's the right balance of using "serious" batteries included traditional MVC backends”
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