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FeathersJS vs Sails.js: What are the differences?
What is FeathersJS? Real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS. Feathers is a real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins.
What is Sails.js? Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js. Sails is designed to mimic the MVC pattern of frameworks like Ruby on Rails, but with support for the requirements of modern apps: data-driven APIs with scalable, service-oriented architecture.
FeathersJS and Sails.js can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.
"Datastore Agnostic" is the top reason why over 2 developers like FeathersJS, while over 41 developers mention "Data-driven apis " as the leading cause for choosing Sails.js.
FeathersJS and Sails.js are both open source tools. Sails.js with 20.6K GitHub stars and 1.85K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than FeathersJS with 11K GitHub stars and 473 GitHub forks.
TestLegends, HYPH, and Giguana are some of the popular companies that use Sails.js, whereas FeathersJS is used by DeliciousDB, Datafactor GmbH, and Koola. Sails.js has a broader approval, being mentioned in 32 company stacks & 12 developers stacks; compared to FeathersJS, which is listed in 19 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.
Pros of FeathersJS
- Real-time10
- Datastore Agnostic6
- Flexible Plugins6
- Choose any ORM6
- Choose Socketio or Primus5
- Open source4
- Isomorphic Services API4
- Easy Rest4
- Uses express, will support other options soon3
- Advanced Composable Service Middleware called holds3
- Easy to use with Graphql3
- Data-driven APIs3
- Scalable3
- Service-oriented architecture3
- Documentation3
Pros of Sails.js
- Data-driven apis48
- Waterline ORM46
- Mvc36
- Easy rest32
- Real-time24
- Open source20
- Service-oriented architecture19
- Scalable18
- Convension over configuration10
- Node machines and machinepacks9
- Rails-like asset pipeline9
- Easy route/controller generation7
- Ruby on Rails basic stuff for JS devs6
- CLI for scaffolding project pieces3
- WebSocket support3
- Supportive community1
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Cons of FeathersJS
- Jh0
Cons of Sails.js
- Waterline ORM5
- Defaults to VueJS4
- Standard MVC0