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Laravel vs Remix
Remix is a full-stack web framework built on web standards, targeting JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems.
Which to pick
Pick Laravel if you want…
- Full-stack PHP framework with AI extensions
- Integrations with PHP, React or Vue (on Laravel's list, not Remix's)
Pick Remix if you want…
- Full-stack web apps with standard Web APIs
- Standard-based web apps
- Integrations with SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL (on Remix's list, not Laravel's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Laravel:Laravel is an open-source PHP framework with built-in tools for building modern web apps and AI-enabled services.
- Remix:Remix is a full-stack web framework that bundles server runtime, routing, data, auth, UI, assets and testing built on Web APIs.
- Best for
- Laravel:Full-stack PHP framework with AI extensions
- Remix:Full-stack web apps with standard Web APIs
- Who it’s for
- Laravel:PHP developers building web applications and AI agents.
- Remix:Web developers building modern full-stack applications with JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Pricing
- Laravel:Open source
- Remix:Free
- Open source
- Laravel:Yes, 85,038 GitHub stars
- Remix:Yes, 33,385 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Laravel:PHP, React, Vue, Svelte, Inertia, GitHub Actions, Laravel Cloud, Nightwatch
- Remix:SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, TypeScript, JSX, CSS
Laravel features
- Starter kits. Pre-configured starter kits for React, Vue, and Svelte.
- AI SDK. Integrated AI SDK and Boost AI assistant for building AI-enabled features.
- Laravel Cloud. Autoscaling hosting with pay-as-you-go pricing, instant databases, workers, cache and storage.
- Preview environments. Zero-risk, production-like preview environments that integrate with GitHub Actions.
- Nightwatch observability. Full-stack monitoring with error detection, performance insights and automated fixes.
- ORM & migrations. Eloquent ORM and migration system for database schema management.
Remix features
- Fetch-based server runtime. Runs on modern JavaScript runtimes using standard Request/Response objects.
- Typed routing & middleware. Provides typed routes, controllers, request context and composable middleware.
- Database integrations. Runtime validation and typed relational data for SQLite, PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Auth & session management. Built-in authentication, OAuth, cookies, sessions and storage adapters.
- UI framework & styling. Server-rendered HTML, accessible components, forms, animation and composable styles.
- On-demand asset compilation. TypeScript, JSX and CSS compile on request with HMR and no separate build step.
- File & storage APIs. Streaming uploads, Web-standard File APIs, local storage and S3 integration.
- Testing & production tooling. Includes a test framework, logging, compression, static file serving and production server utilities.
Laravel vs Remix FAQ
Is Laravel or Remix free?+
Laravel is free and open source. Remix is listed as free on DevHunt.
Is Laravel or Remix open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Laravel (laravel/laravel on GitHub) and Remix (remix-run/remix on GitHub, MIT license).
Do Laravel and Remix integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Laravel lists PHP, React, Vue, Svelte and 4 more; Remix lists SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3 and 3 more.
On DevHunt
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