Can StreetJS handle queues and realtime like Laravel?

Yes. StreetJS includes a background job runner and built-in WebSockets with channels, covering common queue and broadcasting use cases.

StreetJS vs Laravel

Q: Does StreetJS have an Eloquent equivalent?

@streetjs/orm provides entity decorators, relations, eager loading, and model-driven migrations. Eloquent is more mature, but the core patterns map across.

In one line: Laravel is the gold standard for batteries-included web development in PHP; StreetJS brings a comparable integrated feature set to a TypeScript/Node stack.

The biggest difference is the language and runtime: PHP for Laravel, TypeScript on Node.js for StreetJS. Choose the ecosystem your team is productive in first.

At a glance

	StreetJS	Laravel
Language / runtime	TypeScript / Node.js	PHP
ORM	`@streetjs/orm` (decorators, relations, migrations)	Eloquent (mature, expressive)
Auth / RBAC / MFA	Built in	Built in (Breeze/Jetstream/Fortify)
Queues / jobs	Job runner	Queues + Horizon (very mature)
Realtime	Built-in WebSockets + channels	Broadcasting + Echo (+ driver)
Templating / frontend	Typed client SDK + React/Vue/Next/Nuxt	Blade + Inertia/Livewire
Ecosystem & community	Smaller / younger	Very large, mature

Where Laravel wins

Maturity & ecosystem: Eloquent, Horizon, Forge, Vapor, Nova, and a vast package ecosystem; enormous community and learning resources.
Developer happiness: a famously polished DX with conventions for nearly everything.
Hiring pool: huge.

Where StreetJS wins

One language across the stack: TypeScript on both backend and frontend, with a shared typed client.
Node concurrency model for IO-bound, realtime-heavy workloads.
Dependency-light, native drivers rather than a large framework runtime.

Honest tradeoffs

Laravel is vastly more mature with a far larger ecosystem and community. If your team is in PHP or wants the deepest batteries-included experience available today, Laravel is the safe, excellent choice. StreetJS is for teams that want a similar breadth in a TypeScript-first, Node-native stack.

FAQ

Does StreetJS have an Eloquent equivalent? @streetjs/orm provides entity decorators, relations, eager loading, and model-driven migrations. Eloquent is more mature, but the core patterns map.

Can I do queues and realtime like Laravel? Yes — a background job runner and built-in WebSockets/channels cover the common queue + broadcasting use cases.