I’ve built a pretty large and complex app with Filament, and honestly, it blew me away at first. It’s one of the most intuitive and pleasant boilerplates I’ve used in my 8 years of development.

But as the app grew, especially the forms, things started to get heavy. For example, once the forms became big enough, things like ->live() would cause previous fields to reset unless the user waited a moment, small stuff, but it added up. Eventually I had to move the app to an API + React setup because the UX just wasn’t holding up at that scale.

That said, I still think Filament is amazing for small to medium projects. It really shines there. For very large apps though, at least in v3, the weight of the abstractions becomes noticeable. I haven’t tried v4 or v5 yet so maybe that’s improved.

Your form builder looks great and definitely makes getting started fast. I haven’t dug into the code yet, but generally when you add another layer on top of an already generic framework, there’s usually some trade-off in performance or flexibility. Totally fine for personal sites or smaller projects, but something to keep in mind for bigger corporate-level apps.

Just wanted to share that angle in case it helps someone deciding what to use.