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hapi vs Sails.js: What are the differences?
hapi: Server Framework for Node.js. hapi is a simple to use configuration-centric framework with built-in support for input validation, caching, authentication, and other essential facilities for building web applications and services; 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.
hapi and Sails.js belong to "Microframeworks (Backend)" category of the tech stack.
"Makes me Hapi making REST APIs" is the primary reason why developers consider hapi over the competitors, whereas "Data-driven apis " was stated as the key factor in picking Sails.js.
hapi 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 hapi with 11.2K GitHub stars and 1.16K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, hapi has a broader approval, being mentioned in 54 company stacks & 33 developers stacks; compared to Sails.js, which is listed in 32 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.
Pros of hapi
- Makes me Hapi making REST APIs27
- Simpler than other REST libraries14
- Configuration14
- Quality Driven Ecosystem13
- Modularization13
- Easy testability5
- Better validation1
- Restify0
Pros of Sails.js
- Data-driven apis49
- Waterline ORM47
- Mvc37
- Easy rest32
- Real-time25
- Open source21
- Service-oriented architecture19
- Scalable18
- Convension over configuration10
- Rails-like asset pipeline9
- Node machines and machinepacks9
- 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 hapi
Cons of Sails.js
- Waterline ORM5
- Defaults to VueJS4
- Standard MVC0