Laravel Filament use in front end

- Filament provides a set of tools and components that make it easy to build admin panels and CRUD interfaces for Laravel apps[1][2]. It sits on top of Laravel and Livewire.

- The "Back-end as a Front-end" architectural pattern involves using the admin dashboard as the main user interface for the entire app, blending the admin and user spaces together[2]. This can work well for apps where the admin and user flows are very similar.

- Some developers have used Filament to build both the admin backend and the user-facing frontend of their Laravel apps, by setting up separate routes for the admin area (e.g. /admin) and the main user interface (e.g. /)[3]. This allows leveraging Filament's features for both parts.

- Filament's Navigation plugin can be used to build a global frontend navigation menu that can be shared across Blade views[4]. This demonstrates how Filament components can be used on the frontend.

- However, Filament is not a replacement for a full-fledged frontend framework in all cases. It works best for apps where the admin and user experiences are closely aligned. For more complex user-facing apps, a separate frontend built with a framework like Vue.js may still be preferable[2].

In summary, while Filament is primarily an admin panel toolkit, it can be used to build user frontends in certain situations where the admin and user flows are very similar. But it has limitations compared to dedicated frontend frameworks for more complex user-facing apps.