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What are some alternatives to ExpressJS?
Koa, React, Flask, Django, and Go are the most popular alternatives and competitors to ExpressJS. "Async/Await" is the primary reason why developers choose Koa.
React
A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
Why people like React:
- Components
- Virtual dom
- Performance
- Simplicity
Flask
a microframework for Python based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions.
Why people like Flask:
- Lightweight
- Python
- Minimal
- Open source
Django
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines
Why people like Django:
- Rapid development
- Open source
- Great community
- Easy to learn
Go
An open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software
Why people like Go:
- High-performance
- Simple, minimal syntax
- Fun to write
- Easy concurrency support via goroutines
nginx
A high performance free open source web server powering busiest sites on the Internet.
Why people like nginx:
- High-performance http server
- Performance
- Easy to configure
- Open source
Laravel
A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Why people like Laravel:
- Clean architecture
- Growing community
- Composer friendly
- Open source
hapi
Server Framework for Node.js
Why people like hapi:
- Makes me Hapi making REST APIs
- Configuration
- Simpler than other REST libraries
- Quality Driven Ecosystem
AngularJS
Superheroic JavaScript MVW Framework
Why people like AngularJS:
- Quick to develop
- Great mvc
- Powerful
- Restful
Django REST framework
Web APIs for Django
Why people like Django REST framework:
- Easy to use
- Browsable api
- Great documentation
- Customizable
Sinatra
Classy web-development dressed in a DSL
Why people like Sinatra:
- Lightweight
- Simple
- Open source
- Ruby
Sails.js
Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js
Why people like Sails.js:
- Data-driven apis
- Waterline ORM
- Mvc
- Easy rest
Lumen
The stunningly fast PHP micro-framework by Laravel
Why people like Lumen:
- API
- Microframework
- MVC
- PHP
Echo
Golang HTTP server framework
Why people like Echo:
- Highly customizable
- Easy to use
- Open source
- Performance
FeathersJS
Real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS
Why people like FeathersJS:
- Datastore Agnostic
- Flexible Plugins
- Choose Socketio or Primus
- Isomorphic Services API
LoopBack
Build modern API applications that require complex integrations
Why people like LoopBack:
- Need a nodejs ReST-API, DB, AAA, Swagger? Then loopback
Grape
An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby
Why people like Grape:
- Well documented
- Open source
- Can be used to apply good security to the whole API
Guzzle
PHP HTTP client that makes it easy to send HTTP requests and trivial to integrate with web services
Rails API
Rails for API only applications
Why people like Rails API:
- Great for quick decoupled apps
- Lightweight
- Simply the best
- Soon to be merged into core Rails 5
Falcon
High-performance Python framework for building cloud APIs and web app backends
Why people like Falcon:
- Python
- Minimal
- Open source
- FAST
Fastify
Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js
Why people like Fastify:
- Performance
- Open source
- Highly customizable
- Middleware
Nancy
A lightweight web framework for .NET
Why people like Nancy:
- C#
- .Net
- Sinatra inspired
- Middlewares
Tastypie
Creating delicious APIs for Django apps since 2010.
Why people like Tastypie:
- Good in Django
- Customizable
- Fast development
Restify
node.js REST framework specifically meant for web service APIs
AIOHTTP
Asynchronous HTTP Client/Server for asyncio and Python
Jersey
A REST framework that provides a JAX-RS implementation
asyncio
Asynchronous I/O, event loop, coroutines and tasks
Silex
The PHP micro-framework based on the Symfony Components
Trails
Modern Web Application Framework for Node.js
Why people like Trails:
- Easy setup and usage
- ES2015
- Extensible
- Open-source
actionhero.js
The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server
Why people like actionhero.js:
- Fast
- Lightweight
- Clear and declarative routing and controllers
- Same API code for many transports (HTTP, Socket, etc)
Spark Framework
A micro framework for creating web applications in Kotlin and Java 8 with minimal effort
Bottle
A lightweight WSGI micro web-framework for Python
StrongLoop
Develop, manage and scale REST APIs with Node.js
Balde
A microframework to develop web applications in C
