Overview of Web Frameworks (2013)

WebFrameworks.md

Server-care HTML5

Micro, REST bindings and Simple Templating

Framework	Link	Star	Fork	Templating
Python: Flask,	https://github.com/mitsuhiko/flask	6887	1422	jinja
Ruby: Sinatra,	https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra	5097	792
PHP: Silex,	https://github.com/fabpot/Silex	1729	367
Erlang: BeepBeep	https://github.com/davebryson/beepbeep	142	16	DTL
Erlang: FarWest	https://github.com/extend/farwest	106	8	DTL
Scala: Scalatra	https://github.com/scalatra/scalatra	1108	132	SSP

DSL rather than Templating

Framework	Link	Star	Fork	Templating
Scala: Lift	https://github.com/lift/framework	690	161	class-based
Erlang: Nitrogen	https://github.com/nitrogen/nitrogen	630	103	Very simple
Haskell: Blaze	https://github.com/jaspervdj/blaze-html	74	18	Very simple
Erlang: N2O	https://github.com/5HT/n2o	253	45	Very simple
OCaml: Ocsigen	https://github.com/besport/eliom	0	0

Keep-Concurrency-in-Mind Frameworks*

Framework	Link	Star	Fork	Templating
Java/Scala: Play 2				Templating
Ruby: Celluloid	https://github.com/celluloid/celluloid	1804	129
PHP: phpDaemon	https://github.com/kakserpom/phpdaemon	657	95	Very simple
PHP: React	https://github.com/reactphp/react	1339	124

• -- only for non-Erlang frameworks

Data-on-wire Client-care HTML5

JavaScript High-Level Frameworks

Framework	Link	Star	Fork
JS/Node: Meteor	https://github.com/meteor/meteor	9330	1225
angular.js	https://github.com/angular/angular.js	12514	2920
ember.js	https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js	7667	1532
Chaplin	https://github.com/chaplinjs/chaplin	2261	209

JavaScript event-driven base-frameworks

Framework	Link	Star	Fork
backbone.js
knockout.js

Composable Server-care Frameworks

Clojure -- composable way

Framework	Link	Star	Fork
Templating	https://github.com/Raynes/laser	100	12
Templating	https://github.com/cgrand/enlive	671	82
Routing	https://github.com/weavejester/compojure	1622	122
HTML DSL	https://github.com/weavejester/hiccup	606	70
ClojureScript DSL	https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript	2168	203
Web Server	https://github.com/http-kit/http-kit	531	49
Web Server	https://github.com/ztellman/aleph	861	63

N2O -- replaceable components

Framework	Part
Templating	N2O Templates**
Routing	N2O Routing Handler
HTML DSL	N2O Elements

** -- possible would be Scala Lift or Clojure Laser architecture

Full-Stack

Framework	Link	Star	Fork
Ruby on Rails	https://github.com/rails/rails	19273	6310
Python django	https://github.com/django/django	7032	2493
PHP Zend	https://github.com/zendframework/zf2	4187	2222
PHP Yii	https://github.com/yiisoft/yii	2923	1219
Erlang ChicagoBoss	https://github.com/evanmiller/ChicagoBoss	734	155
Erlang Yaws	https://github.com/klacke/yaws	511	120

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For Clojure — consider adding

• noir — http://www.chris-granger.com/projects/noir/ (uses hiccup and compojure, by the LightTable guy)
• aleph — https://github.com/ztellman/aleph

Is noir really supported?
Which noir should I include?

https://github.com/noir-clojure/noir
https://github.com/noir-clojure/lib-noir

Only the latter is maintained as a set of batteries for ring + compojure which pretty much replicate the functionality of python's Flask