Laravel Livewire
Shares rank 40 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
People recommend Livewire as a much simpler way to build reactive PHP apps than the usual JavaScript-heavy approach, and as the default choice for most applications.
People recommend Livewire as a much simpler way to build reactive PHP apps than the usual JavaScript-heavy approach, and as the default choice for most applications.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Much simpler than the status quo
“Livewire existing and working so much simpler than the status quo really deserves attention.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript” “seems at least one order of magnitude simpler for the same baseline effectiveness”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Laravel LivewireThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 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.”
“the value prop of Livewire is much less to me”
“For most applications Livewire would be the goto.”
“seems at least one order of magnitude simpler for the same baseline effectiveness”
“Livewire existing and working so much simpler than the status quo really deserves attention.”
“that would still require keeping up and for a less than satisfying result”
“Livewire, Phoenix LiveView and all the others are a couple levels removed from the browser”
“Anyone remember Netscape Livewire?”
“I feel this approach is overlooked, and it drives me crazy”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.