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Alternatives to Spring Boot

Spring, Django, JBoss, Spring MVC, and Play are the most popular alternatives and competitors to Spring Boot.
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What is Spring Boot and what are its top alternatives?

Spring Boot is a powerful and popular framework for building stand-alone, production-grade Spring-based applications. It provides a streamlined way to set up and configure Spring applications with minimal fuss, allowing developers to focus on their business logic. Key features of Spring Boot include auto-configuration, production-ready metrics and health checks, a wide range of plugins and extensions, and strong community support. However, some limitations of Spring Boot include potential performance overhead due to auto-configuration and the complexity of customization in more complex applications.

  1. Micronaut: Micronaut is a modern, JVM-based framework for building microservices and serverless applications. Key features include minimal startup time, low memory consumption, and compile-time dependency injection. Pros include high performance, low memory overhead, and support for various cloud providers. Cons compared to Spring Boot include a smaller community and potentially less mature ecosystem.

  2. Quarkus: Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native Java stack tailored for GraalVM and OpenJDK HotSpot, crafted from best-of-breed Java libraries and standards. Key features include fast boot time, low memory consumption, and seamless reactive programming. Pros include enhanced performance for cloud-native applications and seamless integration with Kubernetes. Cons compared to Spring Boot include a steeper learning curve and potentially less comprehensive documentation.

  3. Vert.x: Vert.x is a reactive, polyglot application platform for the JVM that is designed for asynchronous, event-driven applications. Key features include high throughput, low latency, and support for clustered deployment. Pros include strong support for reactive programming and high scalability. Cons compared to Spring Boot include a different programming model that may require a paradigm shift for some developers.

  4. Dropwizard: Dropwizard is a Java framework for developing ops-friendly, high-performance RESTful web services. Key features include out-of-the-box support for metrics, health checks, and logging. Pros include a lightweight and modular design that promotes simplicity and ease of use. Cons compared to Spring Boot include potentially less flexibility for complex applications and a smaller set of built-in features.

  5. Play Framework: Play Framework is a high-velocity web framework for Java and Scala that combines productivity and performance. Key features include hot reloading, stateless and stateful web and API requests handling, and asynchronous programming support. Pros include a strong emphasis on developer productivity and support for reactive programming. Cons compared to Spring Boot include a different programming model and potentially less out-of-the-box functionality.

  6. Jooby: Jooby is a modern, micro-framework for Java and Kotlin that is designed for simplicity and modern development practices. Key features include dependency injection, reactive programming support, and lightweight design. Pros include simplicity and ease of use, along with strong support for modern development practices. Cons compared to Spring Boot include a smaller community and potentially less ecosystem support.

  7. Apache Struts: Apache Struts is an open-source framework for creating enterprise-ready Java web applications. Key features include support for various view technologies, data validation, and modular architecture. Pros include a long history of usage in enterprise applications and a large community. Cons compared to Spring Boot include potential complexity and a steeper learning curve for beginners.

  8. Ninja Framework: Ninja Framework is a full-stack web framework for Java that emphasizes simplicity, flexibility, and ease of use. Key features include a command-line code generator, built-in support for REST APIs, and a lightweight design. Pros include ease of use for developers and strong support for building RESTful applications. Cons compared to Spring Boot include potentially less community support and a smaller ecosystem.

  9. Ratpack: Ratpack is a set of Java libraries for building modern, fast, and efficient web applications. Key features include non-blocking I/O, high performance, and support for reactive programming. Pros include high performance and scalability for modern applications. Cons compared to Spring Boot include potentially less out-of-the-box functionality and a smaller user base.

  10. Blade: Blade is a lightweight and elegant Java web framework that is designed for ease of use and high performance. Key features include RESTful routing, URL parameter binding, and support for template rendering. Pros include a simple and intuitive API design and strong performance characteristics. Cons compared to Spring Boot include potentially less community support and fewer built-in features.

Top Alternatives to Spring Boot

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  • Django
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    Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. ...

  • JBoss
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  • Spring MVC
    Spring MVC

    A Java framework that follows the Model-View-Controller design pattern and provides an elegant solution to use MVC in spring framework by the help of DispatcherServlet. ...

  • Play
    Play

    Play Framework makes it easy to build web applications with Java & Scala. Play is based on a lightweight, stateless, web-friendly architecture. Built on Akka, Play provides predictable and minimal resource consumption (CPU, memory, threads) for highly-scalable applications. ...

  • Dropwizard
    Dropwizard

    Dropwizard is a sneaky way of making fast Java web applications. Dropwizard pulls together stable, mature libraries from the Java ecosystem into a simple, light-weight package that lets you focus on getting things done. ...

  • Spring Cloud
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    It provides tools for developers to quickly build some of the common patterns in distributed systems. ...

  • JHipster
    JHipster

    It is a free and open-source application generator used to quickly develop modern web applications and Microservices using Spring Boot + Angular / React / Vue. ...

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