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🐝 Wasp: a full-stack, "Laravel for JS" framework. Vibe-coding approved 🕹️

Matija Sosic on April 23, 2025

What is Laravel, and why do I need it for JavaScript? Laravel is one of the most popular web frameworks for PHP. It was released in 20...

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Zizaco • Apr 25 '25

1) AdonisJS is a better Laravel-for-JS
2) Vibe coding is not a good thing

Matija Sosic Wasp • Apr 25 '25

When referring to Wasp as "Laravel for JS", it was more in the sense of providing an integrated, opinionated DX rather than being a carbon copy of how exactly Laravel works, which Adonis is definitely closer to, being a backend-first framework, while is covering the full-stack of your app.

But I understand the confusion - developers today use the term "Laravel/Rails for JS" in both ways, so it's not always clear what they want to say by it.

phpArtisanMakeWeeb • Apr 25 '25 • Edited

Maybe you should have explained yourself better. It's not about having an opinionated DX. It's about being pleasant to use and having a really GOOD DX

I would never want to use something like this over Laravel, it's not good enough.

app todoApp {
  title: "ToDo App",  // visible in the browser tab
  auth: { // full-stack auth out-of-the-box
    userEntity: User, 
    methods: { google: {}, gitHub: {}, email: {...} }
  }
}

route RootRoute { path: "/", to: MainPage }
page MainPage {
  authRequired: true, // Limit access to logged in users.
  component: import Main from "@client/Main.tsx" // Your React code.
}

query getTasks {
  fn: import { getTasks } from "@server/tasks.js", // Your Node.js code.
  entities: [Task] // Automatic cache invalidation.
}

Matija Sosic Wasp • Apr 25 '25

Thanks for checking it out! Yes, Wasp is currently in Beta. We'll soon announce a full roadmap for reaching 1.0.

Vibe coding is great, if you do it responsibly :)

Carlos Precioso Wasp • Apr 23 '25

I am a Wasp maximalist 🐝🐝🐝

cameronapak • Apr 23 '25

Built cultivatepkm.com with Wasp 🐝

Matija Sosic Wasp • Apr 23 '25

I love what you shared about it in our Discord! Can't seem to see anything when I visit the link though?, just a blank screen?

Cameron Pak • May 5 '25

Try cultivate.so/signup and use code c0f821ce59c9142a

jihad khorfan • Apr 24 '25

Do you recommend it , what's the good and the bad?

cameronapak • Aug 12 '25

After reflecting, it was a really good experience. And, they're continuously making Wasp better.

Now... would I choose Wasp personally? Not at this time. I like the affordabillity of serverless platforms too much, so I will choose other tech like bknd.io

Nevo David • Apr 23 '25

nice seeing stuff like this get more attention - you think having all-in-one tools makes it easier to actually finish projects or just makes things more crowded?

Franjo Mindek • Apr 23 '25

I vibe with this

Ngam Vitalis Yuh • May 1 '25

Great insights but before vibe coding, I believe we need to understand the concepts thoroughly do we don't jump into issues that can not be resolved by ourselves.