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Web2py vs Yii

Overview

Yii

Stacks702

Followers386

Votes311

GitHub Stars4.8K

Forks2.2K

Web2py

Stacks35

Followers43

Votes9

Web2py vs Yii: What are the differences?

Web2py: *An open-source web application framework *. It is a free open source full-stack framework for rapid development of fast, scalable, secure and portable database-driven web-based applications. Written and programmable in Python ; Yii: A high-performance PHP framework best for developing Web 2.0 applications. Yii comes with: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.

Web2py and Yii can be categorized as "Frameworks (Full Stack)" tools.

Yii is an open source tool with 4.87K GitHub stars and 2.23K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Yii's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Yii has a broader approval, being mentioned in 82 company stacks & 184 developers stacks; compared to Web2py, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Yii	Web2py
Yii comes with: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.	It is a free open source full-stack framework for rapid development of fast, scalable, secure and portable database-driven web-based applications. Written and programmable in Python
-	Web-Based IDE; Extensive Docs
Statistics
GitHub Stars 4.8K	GitHub Stars -
GitHub Forks 2.2K	GitHub Forks -
Stacks 702	Stacks 35
Followers 386	Followers 43
Votes 311	Votes 9
Pros & Cons
Pros 42 Open source 33 Code generator 33 Simple 29 Active record 26 Full featured Cons 2 Unnatural love of arrays 1 Promotes spagetti code 1 Too Opinionated 1 Promotes bad practice	Pros 2 Free 2 Python 2 Easy 2 Template language is Python 1 Inspired by Django Cons 1 Less popular than Django
Integrations
PHP	NGINX Windows macOS JSON

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