- What is bastinald/ux and what does it scaffold?
- Bastinald/UX is a Laravel-native scaffolding package for UI, authentication, and CRUD using Bootstrap and Livewire. It provides reusable Blade UI components and Artisan-driven scaffolding for layouts, forms, navigation, admin screens, and back-office CRUD surfaces. It is an accelerator for compatible monoliths, not an API-first or SPA framework.
- Which Laravel, PHP, Livewire, and Bootstrap versions does bastinald/ux support?
- The provided evaluation does not list exact version constraints, so verify Laravel, PHP, Livewire, and Bootstrap compatibility in the package's composer.json and README before installation. Pin the package and transitive dependencies, then test against your target Laravel/Livewire/PHP versions in a sandbox. Version incompatibility is called out as a primary risk.
- How do I install bastinald/ux with Composer?
- Install it with Composer in a compatible Laravel app, then follow the package's documented publish and Artisan scaffolding steps for config, assets, auth, or CRUD. Before running generators, create a branch and confirm the package's Composer constraints against your Laravel, PHP, Livewire, and Bootstrap versions. A sandbox spike is recommended because generated files can conflict with existing routes, layouts, and asset pipelines.
- Does bastinald/ux generate code or add runtime dependencies?
- The evaluation describes it primarily as a code generator and scaffolder, so long-term lock-in is mainly to generated patterns and the Bootstrap/Livewire stack rather than runtime coupling. Some runtime components may remain depending on how you use it, so review what the package publishes and requires. Generated auth and CRUD files become team-owned code.
- Can bastinald/ux coexist with my existing Laravel auth and layouts?
- It can potentially coexist with existing auth and layouts, but conflicts are a key feasibility concern. Generated routes, layouts, middleware, models, policies, and asset pipeline files may collide with your conventions. Test in a branch and review what the generators would overwrite before running them on an existing app.
- What files does bastinald/ux overwrite when running its scaffolding commands?
- The exact overwrite list is not provided in the evaluation, so inspect the package's scaffolding commands and stubs before execution. The flagged conflict areas include routes, layouts, middleware, models, policies, and asset pipelines. Always run generators in version control and review diffs.
- Does the CRUD generator include validation, authorization policies, pagination, and relationships?
- The evaluation flags authorization and validation hardening as items to verify, not guarantees. Review the generated CRUD code for validation rules, policies or authorization checks, pagination, and relationship handling before using it in production. Generic CRUD assumptions around data access may need customization for complex or multi-tenant authorization models.
- Is bastinald/ux production-ready, and what are the maintenance risks?
- It is assessed as medium-to-high technical risk for production because of low community signal, limited maintainer depth, and uncertain long-term compatibility. If used only at scaffold time, runtime exposure is lower, but generated auth and CRUD code becomes team-owned and needs security review and upgrade ownership. Pin versions and plan a fork or vendor path.
- How should I test or pilot bastinald/ux before adopting it?
- Pilot in a non-critical internal module or greenfield admin surface, generate auth and one representative CRUD module into a branch, and compare the output with your conventions. Perform code and security review, test Bootstrap asset integration with your Vite pipeline, and verify auth, session, and CSRF behavior. Then decide whether to adopt, fork the templates, or reject before broader rollout.
- What are alternatives to bastinald/ux for Laravel admin and CRUD scaffolding?
- Alternatives depend on your stack: Laravel Breeze or Jetstream for auth scaffolding, Livewire or Filament-style admin tools, and Tailwind/Inertia design systems if you are not using Bootstrap. Bastinald/UX is best suited to Laravel monoliths already accepting Bootstrap and Livewire. Evaluate alternatives against your frontend standards and authorization complexity.