--- title: A Free Laravel Admin With API Platform and React-Admin description: Build a free admin panel for Laravel applications using API Platform to expose a REST API and React-Admin for the UI, as an alternative to Laravel Nova. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-free-laravel-admin-with-api-platform-and-react-admin-btxzyiwns twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A Free Laravel Admin With API Platform and React-Admin | daily.dev og:description: Build a free admin panel for Laravel applications using API Platform to expose a REST API and React-Admin for the UI, as an alternative to Laravel Nova. 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