Livewire 4 vs Inertia.js 3: Which Laravel Frontend Stack Should You Use in 2026?
php
dev.to
Originally published at hafiz.dev If you asked a room of Laravel developers "Livewire or Inertia?" two years ago, the answer split cleanly down one fault line: do you want to write JavaScript? Livewire for PHP purists. Inertia for anyone with Vue or React muscle memory. That framing still holds as a starting point. But it doesn't tell the whole story anymore. In January 2026, Livewire shipped version 4. In March 2026, Inertia.js shipped version 3. Both are major releases, and both of them