Blaze: An Optimized Blade Template Compiler for Laravel

Blaze is a Blade template compiler from the Livewire team that reduces component rendering overhead as your application scales. It works as a drop-in replacement for the default Blade compiler and offers three levels of optimization — from an optimized compiler to compile-time folding that pre-renders components into static HTML.

• Optimized compiler with up to 97% overhead reduction
• Memoization for caching repeated component renders
• Compile-time folding that pre-renders static components into HTML
• Built-in profiler with flame charts and per-component timing
• No changes required to existing Blade templates

#Built-in profiler

Blaze includes a built-in profiler that generates flame charts and per-component timing breakdowns:

Blaze::debug();

This helps identify which components benefit most from optimization.

#Optimized Compiler

The default tier replaces Laravel's Blade compiler with one that turns templates into optimized PHP functions. It requires no configuration and works as a drop-in replacement, claiming up to 97% overhead reduction.

#Memoization

The second tier caches the rendered output of components that receive identical props. This is useful for components that appear many times on a page with the same data, such as icons or avatar images.

#Compile-Time Folding

The third tier pre-renders components into static HTML at compile time, removing runtime overhead entirely. This works for components whose output doesn't depend on runtime data.

#Usage

You can optimize individual components by adding the @blaze directive, or target entire directories at once:

Blaze::optimize()
    ->in(resource_path('views/components/app'))
    ->in(resource_path('views/components/admin'));

Check out Blaze.dev for complete details.