LIST OF TOP 100 BEST FRAMEWORKS OF 2025
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Below is an updated list of the frameworks with their vital stats to guide you with your decisions.
| # | Framework | Start Year | Creator(s) | Website | Open Source | Strengths | Weaknesses | Use Cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | React | 2013 | react.dev | Yes | Fast, component-based | Steep learning curve | Web/Spa | |
| 2 | Angular | 2010 | angular.io | Yes | Enterprise scale, tools | Complexity | Web/SPAs/Enterprise | |
| 3 | Vue.js | 2014 | Evan You | vuejs.org | Yes | Simple, fast, flexible | Small ecosystem | Modular UIs |
| 4 | Django | 2005 | Adrian Holovaty | djangoproject.com | Yes | Secure, feature rich | Monolithic | Web backend |
| 5 | Node.js | 2009 | Ryan Dahl | nodejs.org | Yes | JS everywhere, async | Single-threaded | APIs, Realtime |
| 6 | Express.js | 2010 | TJ Holowaychuk | expressjs.com | Yes | Minimal, flexible | Manual config | APIs, microservices |
| 7 | Laravel | 2011 | Taylor Otwell | laravel.com | Yes | Elegant, modern PHP | Performance overhead | PHP apps, SaaS |
| 8 | Ruby on Rails | 2004 | D. Heinemeier Hansson | rubyonrails.org | Yes | Rapid, convention over config | Resource-heavy | Web, startups |
| 9 | Flask | 2010 | Armin Ronacher | flask.palletsprojects.com | Yes | Lightweight | Minimal features | APIs, small projects |
| 10 | ASP.NET Core | 2016 | Microsoft | dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet | Yes | High perf., C#/.NET | Windows-centric | Enterprise |
| 11 | Svelte | 2016 | Rich Harris | svelte.dev | Yes | Fast, simple | Less libs | Web UIs |
| 12 | Spring Boot | 2014 | Pivotal | spring.io/projects/spring-boot | Yes | Java ecosystem | Complexity | APIs, enterprise |
| 13 | Meteor | 2011 | Meteor Group | meteor.com | Yes | Real-time, fast | Small adoption | Web/mobile real-time |
| 14 | jQuery | 2006 | John Resig | jquery.com | Yes | Easy DOM | Outdated | Legacy/web scripts |
| 15 | Next.js | 2016 | Vercel | nextjs.org | Yes | SSR, SEO | React-dependent | SSR/SEO apps |
| 16 | Nuxt.js | 2016 | CM & Comm. | nuxt.com | Yes | SSG/SSR for Vue | Vue-dependent | Static sites, SSR |
| 17 | Symfony | 2005 | SensioLabs | symfony.com | Yes | Robust PHP | Complexity | Scalable PHP |
| 18 | Backbone.js | 2010 | Jeremy Ashkenas | backbonejs.org | Yes | Lightweight | Fewer features | JS structure |
| 19 | Ember.js | 2011 | Yehuda Katz | emberjs.com | Yes | Convention, productivity | Steep learning | SPAs |
| 20 | Gatsby | 2017 | Kyle Mathews | gatsbyjs.com | Yes | Fast static sites | Plugins needed | Static sites |
| 21 | NestJS | 2017 | Kamil Myśliwiec | nestjs.com | Yes | TypeScript, modular | Learning curve | Scalable APIs |
| 22 | FastAPI | 2018 | Sebastián RamÃrez | fastapi.tiangolo.com | Yes | Speed, Python | Newer, fewer libs | Python APIs |
| 23 | Koa.js | 2013 | Express creators | koajs.com | Yes | Modern, async friendly | Minimal | APIs, async |
| 24 | Pyramid | 2008 | B. Bastian, others | trypyramid.com | Yes | Flexible | Lesser known | Python web |
| 25 | Phoenix | 2014 | Chris McCord | phoenixframework.org | Yes | Realtime, perf. | Elixir-heavy | Realtime, Elixir apps |
| 26 | CakePHP | 2005 | CakePHP Developers | cakephp.org | Yes | Rapid PHP | Limited flexibility | PHP apps |
| 27 | Play Framework | 2007 | Guillaume Bort | playframework.com | Yes | Typesafe, Java/Scala | Less docs | Reactive Java/Scala |
| 28 | Flutter | 2017 | flutter.dev | Yes | Cross-platform | Newer, Dart | Mobile, desktop, web | |
| 29 | Struts | 2000 | Apache | struts.apache.org | Yes | Enterprise Java | Old, XML-heavy | Java web |
| 30 | Zend (Laminas) | 2006 | Zend Tech. | getlaminas.org | Yes | Extensible | Learning, config | PHP enterprise |
| 31 | CodeIgniter | 2006 | EllisLab | codeigniter.com | Yes | Lightweight | Less modular | Simple PHP apps |
| 32 | Yii | 2008 | Qiang Xue | yiiframework.com | Yes | Secure, perf | Lesser docs | PHP backend |
| 33 | Hapi.js | 2012 | Walmart Labs | hapi.dev | Yes | Plugin system | Newer | Node APIs |
| 34 | Slim | 2010 | Josh Lockhart | slimframework.com | Yes | Minimal, PHP | Limited | PHP APIs |
| 35 | Hanami | 2014 | Luca Guidi | hanamirb.org | Yes | Modular Ruby | Community | Ruby web |
| 36 | Mojolicious | 2010 | Sebastian Riedel | mojolicious.org | Yes | WebSockets | Perl-centric | Perl web apps |
| 37 | Tornado | 2009 | FriendFeed | tornadoweb.org | Yes | Async, perf | Low-level | Real-time Python |
| 38 | Ionic | 2013 | Max Lynch | ionicframework.com | Yes | Cross-platform mobile | Perf. vs native | Hybrid mobile |
| 39 | Gin (Go) | 2014 | Manu Mtz-Almeida | gin-gonic.com | Yes | Fast, Go | Minimal | Golang APIs |
| 40 | Echo (Go) | 2015 | LabStack | echo.labstack.com | Yes | Fast, Go | Young | Golang apps |
| 41 | Revel (Go) | 2011 | Revel | revel.github.io | Yes | Batteries-included | Less active | Go web |
| 42 | Xamarin | 2011 | Microsoft | dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin | Yes | Cross-platform, C# | Native gaps | Mobile |
| 43 | Rocket (Rust) | 2016 | Sergio Benitez | rocket.rs | Yes | Type safety, perf | Nightly Rust | Rust web |
| 44 | Actix (Rust) | 2017 | N. Kim, etc. | actix.rs | Yes | Perf, async | Newer | Rust APIs |
| 45 | Nancy (C#) | 2012 | Andreas HÃ¥kansson | github.com/NancyFx/Nancy | Yes | Simple, .NET | Archived | .NET APIs |
| 46 | Dropwizard | 2011 | Yammer | dropwizard.io | Yes | Ops tools | Older | Java REST |
| 47 | Vaadin | 2009 | Vaadin Ltd | vaadin.com | Yes | Java UIs | Learning | Rich BI/CRM apps |
| 48 | Quarkus | 2019 | Red Hat | quarkus.io | Yes | Cloud native Java | Newer | Java cloud |
| 49 | Micronaut | 2018 | OCI | micronaut.io | Yes | JVM microservices | Newer | Java microservices |
| 50 | JHipster | 2013 | Julien Dubois | jhipster.tech | Yes | Code gen | JS/Java heavy | Spring+Angular/React |
| 51 | Ratpack | 2013 | Netflix | ratpack.io | Yes | Reactive Java | Small ecosystem | Java APIs |
| 52 | Vert.x | 2011 | Eclipse | vertx.io | Yes | Polyglot, perf | Learning | Reactive apps |
| 53 | Blade (Java) | 2015 | biezhi | lets-blade.com | Yes | Fast, simple | Community | REST Java Web |
| 54 | Spark Java | 2011 | Per Wendel | sparkjava.com | Yes | Light, fast | Simple | Java APIs |
| 55 | Grails | 2008 | Graeme Rocher | grails.org | Yes | Groovy, rapid | Builder dependency | Java web |
| 56 | Sinatra | 2007 | Blake Mizerany | sinatrarb.com | Yes | Ruby DSL | For small apps | Ruby prototyping |
| 57 | Bottle | 2009 | Marcel Hellkamp | bottlepy.org | Yes | Small, simple | Minimal | Python scripts |
| 58 | Beego (Go) | 2012 | astaxie | beego.me | Yes | Feature-rich go | Docs | Go apps |
| 59 | Buffalo (Go) | 2017 | Mark Bates | gobuffalo.io | Yes | Prod. toolkit | Newer | Go fullstack |
| 60 | AdonisJS | 2015 | Harminder Virk | adonisjs.com | Yes | MVC, Node | JS learning | Node web |
| 61 | LoopBack | 2011 | StrongLoop | loopback.io | Yes | API builder | Docs | Node APIs |
| 62 | FeathersJS | 2015 | Eric M. | feathersjs.com | Yes | Real-time Node | Small | Node APIs |
| 63 | KeystoneJS | 2013 | Jed Watson | keystonejs.com | Yes | CMS, Node | Less plug-ins | Headless CMS |
| 64 | Total.js | 2013 | Peter Å irka | totaljs.com | Yes | Modular Node | Docs | Full-stack Node |
| 65 | Sapper | 2017 | Svelte team | sapper.svelte.dev | Yes | Svelte SSR | SvelteKit successor | SSR/SSG Svelte |
| 66 | Stencil | 2017 | Ionic team | stenciljs.com | Yes | Web components | Young | Web UI, libs |
| 67 | Capacitor | 2019 | Ionic team | capacitorjs.com | Yes | Native bridge | New | Hybrid apps |
| 68 | NativeScript | 2014 | Prog. Com. | nativescript.org | Yes | Mobile apps | Community | Native apps |
| 69 | Cordova | 2009 | Apache | cordova.apache.org | Yes | Hybrid mobile | Perf | Basic mobile apps |
| 70 | Blazor | 2018 | Microsoft | blazor.net | Yes | C# client | Mono, new | SPA, C# |
| 71 | Lumen | 2015 | Taylor Otwell | lumen.laravel.com | Yes | Micro Laravel | Tiny | PHP microservices |
| 72 | Javalin | 2017 | David Ã…se | javalin.io | Yes | Java/Kotlin | Newer | Java REST |
| 73 | Wicket | 2005 | ASF | wicket.apache.org | Yes | Java UIs | Old docs | Java web |
| 74 | Phalcon | 2012 | Andres Gutierrez | phalcon.io | Yes | PHP extension | Learning | PHP perf |
| 75 | Zikula | 2001 | Zikula | zikula.org | Yes | CMS, modular | Limited | PHP CMS |
| 76 | Mojito | 2011 | Yahoo! | No site (archived) | Yes | JS, scalable | Obsolete | JS web |
| 77 | Knockout.js | 2010 | Steve Sanderson | knockoutjs.com | Yes | Simple data-binding | Aging | Small JS frontends |
| 78 | Caliburn | 2010 | Rob Eisenberg | caliburnmicro.com | Yes | WPF, MVVM | Docs | .NET desktop |
| 79 | Framework7 | 2014 | Vladimir Kharlampidi | framework7.io | Yes | HTML apps, hybrid | Perf | Hybrid mobile |
| 80 | Kendo UI | 2010 | Progress | telerik.com/kendo-ui | No | Widgets | Paid | Business UIs |
| 81 | Yesod | 2010 | Michael Snoyman | yesodweb.com | Yes | Haskell, safety | Haskell only | Haskell web |
| 82 | Aeron | 2015 | Real Logic | aeron.io | Yes | High perf. | Niche | C++ concurrency apps |
| 83 | ML.NET | 2018 | Microsoft | ml.net | Yes | .NET ML | ML only | .NET ML apps |
| 84 | TensorFlow | 2015 | tensorflow.org | Yes | Deep learning | Config | ML, DL | |
| 85 | Apache MXNet | 2015 | Apache | mxnet.apache.org | Yes | AI, perf. | Docs | ML, AI apps |
| 86 | PyTorch | 2016 | pytorch.org | Yes | Ease, research | Deployment | ML, AI | |
| 87 | Infer.NET | 2009 | Microsoft | dotnet.github.io/infer | Yes | Probabilistic .NET | ML only | AI/ML, .NET |
| 88 | Core Data | 2005 | Apple | developer.apple.com/documentation/coredata | No | iOS/macOS ORM | Apple only | iOS, macOS data |
| 89 | Netty | 2008 | Trustin Lee | netty.io | Yes | Scalable net IO | Low-level | Java network |
| 90 | Reactor | 2015 | Pivotal | projectreactor.io | Yes | Reactive Java | Complexity | Reactive stream |
| 91 | Neural Network Libraries | 2015 | Sony | nnabla.org | Yes | DL, Python/C++ | ML only | AI research |
| 92 | Buffalo | 2017 | Mark Bates | gobuffalo.io | Yes | Rapid, prod tools | New | Go full stack |
| 93 | Mojito | 2011 | Yahoo | Deprecated | Yes | JS stack | Obsolete | Node web |
| 94 | Wicket | 2004 | ASF | wicket.apache.org | Yes | Java UIs | Obsolete | Java web |
| 95 | JHipster | 2013 | Julien Dubois | jhipster.tech | Yes | Code gen, stack | Complex | Spring & JS projects |
| 96 | Grails | 2008 | G. Rocher | grails.org | Yes | Groovy, rapid dev | JVM focus | Java/Groovy web |
| 97 | Spark (Java) | 2011 | Per Wendel | sparkjava.com | Yes | Micro Java | Simple | Java APIs |
| 98 | Sinatra | 2007 | B. Mizerany | sinatrarb.com | Yes | Ruby simple | Small | Ruby API |
| 99 | Bottle | 2009 | M. Hellkamp | bottlepy.org | Yes | Tiny python | Small | Python scripts |
| 100 | Zikula | 2001 | Zikula | zikula.org | Yes | Modular PHP | Old | PHP CMS |