Comparison of JavaScript-based web frameworks

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This is a comparison of web frameworks for front-end web development that are reliant on JavaScript code for their behavior.

General information

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Size License Source language
Angular 14.0.4
29 June 2022
563 kB (minified & compressed) MIT TypeScript
AngularJS 1.5.0
5 Feb 2016
144 kB (minified & compressed) MIT JavaScript
Apache Royale 0.9.4
5 Nov 2018
19 kB (zipped) Apache ActionScript 3, MXML, CSS
Backbone.js 1.2.1
June 2015
7.3 kB (Packed and gzipped) MIT JavaScript
Dojo 1.10.4
18 Jan 2015
Variable.
Base size:
41 kB (minified & gzipped),
155 kB (minified),
598 kB (uncompressed)[1]
BSD & AFL JavaScript + HTML
Ember.js 1.7.0
19 Aug 2014
95 kB (minified & gzipped),
340 kB (minified),
1.5 MB (uncompressed)
MIT JavaScript
Enyo 2.0.1
30 Aug 2012
<25 kB (core gzipped) Apache 2[2] JavaScript
Ext JS 7.3
15 Sept, 2020
84โ€“502 kB GPL & Commercial[3] JavaScript
Google Web Toolkit 2.10.0
June 2022
Variable Apache Java
jQuery (library) 3.6.0
3 Mar 2021
70.7KB (slim, minified),
87.4KB (minified),[4]
282 KiB (uncompressed)[4]
MIT JavaScript
jQWidgets 3.9.1
29 Oct 2015
3102 KB (minified),
7486 KB (uncompressed)
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 and Commercial[5] JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Knockout 3.5.0
22 February 2019
66.4 KB minified / 309 KB (development mode) MIT JavaScript
MooTools 1.6.0
14 Jan 2016
Variable;
7.3โ€“65 KiB (YUI Compressor),[6]


Variable;
7.3โ€“65 KiB (YUI Compressor),[7]
101 KiB (uncompressed)[8]

MIT JavaScript
Prototype & script. aculo.us[9] Prototype: 1.7.3
22 Sep 2015
script.aculo.us: 1.9.0
23 Dec 2010
46โ€“278 kB MIT JavaScript
qooxdoo 5.0.1
15 Sep 2015
Variable, starting at 6 kB (gzipped) LGPL & EPL JavaScript
React 18.2.0
14 June 2022

react.production.min.js 6.41KB

react-dom.production.min.js 92.4KB

Total: 98.81KB

MIT JavaScript / TypeScript
SAP OpenUI5 1.102.1
15 Jun 2022
Variable, starting at 213 kB (gzipped) Apache 2[10] JavaScript
SproutCore 1.11.2
2 May 2016
250โ€“700 kB (gzipped). MIT JavaScript
Svelte 3.12.1
14 Oct 2019
Variable MIT JavaScript
Vue.js 2.6.10
20 Mar 2019
33.5 KB (minified & gzipped)

91.48 KB (minified)[11]

333.46 KB (uncompressed)[11]

MIT JavaScript / TypeScript
Webix 11.0
November 2024
188 kB (gzipped) GPL & Commercial[12] JavaScript
ZK 8.0.1
19 Jan 2016
Variable LGPL & GPL & ZOL[13] XML + Java (JavaScript optional)
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High-level framework comparison

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JavaScript-based web application frameworks, such as React and Vue, provide extensive capabilities but come with associated trade-offs. These frameworks often extend or enhance features available through native web technologies, such as routing, component-based development, and state management. While native web standards, including Web Components, modern JavaScript APIs like Fetch and ES Modules, and browser capabilities like Shadow DOM, have advanced significantly, frameworks remain widely used for their ability to enhance developer productivity, offer structured patterns for large-scale applications, simplify handling edge cases, and provide tools for performance optimization. [14][15][16]

Frameworks can introduce abstraction layers that may contribute to performance overhead, larger bundle sizes, and increased complexity. Modern frameworks, such as React 18 and Vue 3, address these challenges with features like concurrent rendering, tree-shaking, and selective hydration. While these advancements improve rendering efficiency and resource management, their benefits depend on the specific application and implementation context. Lightweight frameworks, such as Svelte and Preact, take different architectural approaches, with Svelte eliminating the virtual DOM entirely in favor of compiling components to efficient JavaScript code, and Preact offering a minimal, compatible alternative to React. Framework choice depends on an applicationโ€™s requirements, including the teamโ€™s expertise, performance goals, and development priorities. [14][15][16]

A newer category of web frameworks, including enhance.dev, Astro, and Fresh, leverages native web standards while minimizing abstractions and development tooling. [17][18][19] These solutions emphasize progressive enhancement, server-side rendering, and optimizing performance. Astro renders static HTML by default while hydrating only interactive parts. Fresh focuses on server-side rendering with zero runtime overhead. Enhance.dev prioritizes progressive enhancement patterns using Web Components. While these tools reduce reliance on client-side JavaScript by shifting logic to build-time or server-side execution, they still use JavaScript where necessary for interactivity. This approach makes them particularly suitable for performance-critical and content-focused applications. [14][15][16]

Features

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Angular AngularJS Apache Royale Dojo Ember.js Enyo Ext JS Google Web Toolkit jQuery jQWidgets MooTools OpenUI5 Prototype & script. aculo.us[9] qooxdoo React SproutCore Svelte Vue ZK Webix
Feature detection[20] Yes Yes[21] Yes Yes[22] No[23][24] Yes[25] Yes Yes[26] No[27] Yes Yes No Yes
DOM wrapped[28] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No[29] No[30][31] Yes No Yes Yes
XMLHttpRequest
data retrieval
Yes Yes Yes[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[33] Yes[34] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WebSocket Yes[32] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[34] Yes[35] Yes Yes Via Plugin Yes[36]
Server push data retrieval Yes[37] Yes[38] Yes[39] Yes[37] No Via Plugin Yes[40] Yes
Other data retrieval Yes: XML, HTML, CSV, ATOM, AMF, JSON Yes: XML, HTML, CSV, ATOM[41] Yes: XML, SOAP, AMF, Ext.Direct Yes: RPC, RequestFactory Yes: XML, HTML Yes: XML, JSON, CSV, TSV[33] Yes: XML, HTML Yes: XML, HTML, CS, JSON, JSArray, CSV
Drag and drop Yes Yes[42] Yes With plugin[43] With plugins[44] Yes[45] Yes[46] Yes[47] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[48]
Simple visual effects Yes Yes Yes[49] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[50] Yes Yes Yes Yes[51] Yes[52] Yes Yes
Animation /
advanced visual effects
Yes Yes[53] Yes[54] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[55] Yes Yes Yes[51] Yes Yes[56]
Back button support /
history management
Yes[57] Yes Yes[58] Yes[59] Yes With plugins[60] No With plugin[61] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Input form widgets & validation Yes Yes Yes[62] Yes Yes Yes, Validation requires plugin[63] With plugins[64] Yes[65] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[66][67]
Angular AngularJS Apache Royale Dojo Ember.js Enyo ExtJS Google Web Toolkit jQuery jQWidgets MooTools OpenUI5 Prototype & script. aculo.us[9] qooxdoo React SproutCore Svelte Vue ZK Webix
Grid Yes Yes[68] Yes Yes With plugins[69] Yes[70] With plugin[71] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[72]
Hierarchical Tree Yes Yes[73] Yes[74] Yes[75] Yes With plugins[76] Yes[77] With plugins[78] Yes Yes[79] Yes Yes Yes[80]
Rich text editor No Yes Yes[81] Yes[82] Yes With plugins[83] Yes[84] Yes[85] Yes Via plugin Yes Yes[86]
Autocompletion tools No Yes[87] Yes Yes Yes[88] Yes[89] With plugin[90] Yes With plugins Yes Yes
HTML generation tools No Yes[91] Yes Yes Yes Yes[84] Yes[92] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Widgets themeable / skinnable Yes Yes[93] Yes Yes[94] Yes[95] Yes[96] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GUI resizable panels and modal dialogs Yes Yes Yes Yes[97] Yes With plugins Yes[98] Yes[99] Yes Yes Yes[100] Yes
GUI page layout Yes Yes Yes With plugin[101] Yes[102][103] Yes[99] Yes Yes Yes[100] Yes[104]
Canvas support Yes Yes[105] Yes Yes Yes With plugin[106] Yes[107] Yes[108] Yes Yes Yes[109] Yes
Mobile/tablet support (touch events) Yes Yes Yes[110] Yes Yes Yes With plugin[111] With plugin[112] Yes[113] With plugin[114] Yes Yes Yes Yes[115] Yes[116]
Accessibility /
graceful degradation[117]
Yes Yes[118] No Yes Yes[22] Yes[119] Yes Yes[120] Yes No[121] Degradation: No
Accessibility: Yes
Yes Yes[122]
ARIA compliant Yes[118] Yes[22] Yes[123] Yes[120] Yes No Yes Yes[124] Yes Yes[125]
Developer tools, Visual design Yes[126][127] in progress[128] Yes[129][130][131] Yes Yes[132][133] Yes[134][135][136] Yes[137][138] Yes[139] No Yes Yes[140][141]
Offline storage[142] Yes No[143] Yes Yes[144] Via Google Gears[145] With plugin[146] Yes[147] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cross-browser 2d Vector Graphics[148] Yes[149] Yes With plugin[150] Yes[107] Yes[151] No Yes[109] Yes (via Raphael)[152]
Charting & Dashboard[153] Yes Yes[154] Yes[155] With plugin[156][157] Yes[158][159] No Yes[160] Yes[161]
RTL Support in UI Components Yes Yes Yes Depends on the plugin used Yes[120] Yes Yes No
Angular AngularJS Apache Royale Dojo Ember.js Enyo ExtJS Google Web Toolkit jQuery jQWidgets MooTools OpenUI5 Prototype & script. aculo.us[9] qooxdoo React SproutCore Svelte Vue ZK Webix
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Browser support

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Framework Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari Opera Chrome Edge
Angular Latest and extended support release 2 most recent major versions Latest and previous stable version 2 most recent major versions
AngularJS (1.3) 8+ (9+) 4+ 5+ 11+ 30+
Apache Royale 9 (Edge --> 10) 21 6 15 23
Dojo 6+ 3+[162] 4[162] 10.50+[162] 3[162]
Ember.js 6+ 3+ 4+ 10.6+ 14+
Enyo 8+[163] >4[163] >5[163] >10[163]
Ext JS 8+ 45+ 11+ 43+ 64+[164]
Google Web Toolkit 8+ 1+ 5+ 9+ 1+
jQuery (3.x) 6+ (9+)[165] 2+[165] 3+[165] 9+[165] 1+[165]
jQWidgets 7+[166] 2+[166] 3+[166] 9+[166] 1+[166]
MooTools 6+ 2+ 3+ 9+ 1+
Prototype & script. aculo.us[9] 6+ 1.5+ 2.0.4+ 9.25+ 1+ (starting with 1.6.1RC3)
qooxdoo 6+ 2+ 3+ 9+ 2+
React
SAP OpenUI5[167] 11+ Latest Stable and ESR Last 2 Latest Version
SproutCore 6+ 3+ 4+ 9+ 1+
Svelte 21+ 6+ 15+ 23+ 12+
Vue 10+ 21+ 6+ 15+ 23+ 12+
ZK 6+ 2.0+ 3+ 9+ 2+
Webix 11+[168] 93+[168] 5+[168] 95+[168] 95+[168] 95+[168]
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