Restify vs Silex

Overview

Silex

Stacks36

Followers33

Votes0

GitHub Stars3.6K

Forks710

Restify

Stacks86

Followers129

Votes1

Restify vs Silex: What are the differences?

What is Restify? node.js REST framework specifically meant for web service APIs. A Node.js web service framework optimized for building semantically correct RESTful web services ready for production use at scale. it optimizes for introspection and performance.

What is Silex? The PHP micro-framework based on the Symfony Components. It is built on the shoulders of Symfony and Pimple and also inspired by sinatra. It has an extension system based around the Pimple micro service-container that makes it even easier to tie in third party libraries.

Restify and Silex can be categorized as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.

Restify and Silex are both open source tools. Restify with 9.37K GitHub stars and 958 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Silex with 3.75K GitHub stars and 743 GitHub forks.

Vestiaire Collective, Decision6, and BestFone 2.0 are some of the popular companies that use Restify, whereas Silex is used by Kairos, Clippings, and ARENA. Restify has a broader approval, being mentioned in 15 company stacks & 9 developers stacks; compared to Silex, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Silex	Restify
It is built on the shoulders of Symfony and Pimple and also inspired by sinatra. It has an extension system based around the Pimple micro service-container that makes it even easier to tie in third party libraries.	A Node.js web service framework optimized for building semantically correct RESTful web services ready for production use at scale. it optimizes for introspection and performance.
Concise API;Extensible;Testable;Fast;Simple;Easy to use	-
Statistics
GitHub Stars 3.6K	GitHub Stars -
GitHub Forks 710	GitHub Forks -
Stacks 36	Stacks 86
Followers 33	Followers 129
Votes 0	Votes 1
Pros & Cons
No community feedback yet	Pros 1 Semantically REST correctness

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