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Iris vs PurpleJS: What are the differences?
Developers describe Iris as "The fastest web framework for Go in (THIS) earth". The fastest web framework for Go. On the other hand, PurpleJS is detailed as "An alternative to Node.js for Java projects". PurpleJS is a simple and capable framework for creating performant web applications without leaving Javascript. It is created in Java to give the flexibility and performance Java provides. It's optional to use Java but it's required if you need to embed PurpleJS in existing applications.
Iris and PurpleJS can be primarily classified as "Frameworks (Full Stack)" tools.
Iris and PurpleJS are both open source tools. It seems that Iris with 15.3K GitHub stars and 1.61K forks on GitHub has more adoption than PurpleJS with 408 GitHub stars and 19 GitHub forks.
Pros of Iris
- Fast6
- Easy to use4
- Almost real-time support to its users3
- Fluent API2
- MVC efficient1
Pros of PurpleJS
- Open source1
- Light weight1
- Runs on the JVM1
- Flexible1
- Server side Javascript1












