Comparison of server-side web frameworks
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This is a comparison of notable web application frameworks.
General
Basic information about each framework.
ASP.NET
Project | Language | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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ASP.NET MVC Framework (ASP.NET MVC) | ASP.NET | 4.0 | 2012-08-15 | Apache v2[1] |
Base One Foundation Component Library (BFC) | ASP.NET | 7.43 | 2011-01-15 | Proprietary |
Component-based Scalable Logical Architecture (CSLA) | C#, Visual Basic .NET | 4.3.10 | 2012-03-04 | Proprietary freeware, no limit on use type |
DotNetNuke | ASP.NET | 6.01.02 | 2011-07-25 | MIT |
Kentico | ASP.NET | 6.0 | 2011-10-10 | Proprietary |
MonoRail | ASP.NET | 2.1 RC | 2011-03-17 | Apache |
OpenRasta | ASP.NET | 2.0 RC | 2009-11-04 | MIT |
Nancy | C#, Visual Basic .NET | 0.6.0 | 2011-06 | MIT |
C++
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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CppCMS | 1.0.2 | 2012-08-14 | LGPL, Proprietary |
Tntnet | 2.1 | 2012-04-02 | LGPL |
Wt | 3.2.3 | 2012-11-01 | GPL, proprietary |
ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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ColdBox Platform | 3.5.2 | 2012-08-01 | Apache v2 |
ColdFusion on Wheels | 1.1.7 | 2011-12-14 | Apache v2 |
ColdSpring | 1.2 | 2008-09-12 | Apache v2 |
Fusebox | 5.5.1 | 2008-03-08 | Apache |
FW/1 | 1.2 | 2010-10-18 | Apache v2 |
Mach-II | 1.8.1 | 2010-09-20 | GPLv3 with Classpath exception |
Model-Glue | 3.1.185 | 2009-08-11 | Apache |
onTap | 3.3 | 2009-11-07 | BSD |
ECMAScript
Project | Language | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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Flex | ActionScript, MXML | 4.8 | 2012-07-25 | Apache |
Java
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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Apache Click | 2.3.0 | 2011-03-27 | Apache Software License 2.0 (ASL 2.0) |
Apache OFBiz | 10.04.02 | 2010-04-30 | Apache Software License 2.0 (ASL 2.0) |
Apache Shale | 1.0.4 | 2007-12-19 | Apache |
Apache Sling | 6 | 2011-04-18 | Apache 2.0 |
Apache Struts | 2.3.4 | 2012-05-12 | Apache 2.0 |
Apache Tapestry | 5.3.5 | 2012-08-30 | Apache |
Apache Wicket | 6.0 | 2012-09-05 | Apache |
AppFuse | 2.1 | 2011-04-04 | Apache |
Eclipse RAP | 1.4.1 | 2011-09-23 | Eclipse |
FormEngine | 2.0.1 | 2012-05-08 | MIT, Proprietary |
Grails | 2.0.3 | 2012-04-03 | Apache |
Google Web Toolkit | 2.5.0 | 2012-06-27 | Apache |
Hamlets | 1.7 | 2011-03-11 | BSD |
ItsNat | 1.2 | 2011-05-24 | LGPL, proprietary |
JavaServer Faces | 2.1 | 2010-10-22 | Implementation dependent |
JBoss Seam | 3.1.0 final | 2012-01-13 | LGPL |
Jspx-bay | 1.1.0 | 2011-02-17 | Apache 2.0 |
JVx WebUI | 0.9 | 2011-04-01 | Apache 2.0 |
OpenLaszlo | 4.9.0 | 2010-10-21 | CPL |
OpenXava | 4.5 | 2012-07-19 | LGPL |
Oracle ADF | 11.1.1.5 | 2011-05-06 | Oracle Technology Network Developer License |
Play! | 2.0.3 | 2012-08-03 | Apache 2.0 |
Portofino | 4.0.8 | 2012-12-03 | GPLv3 |
RIFE | 1.6.1 | 2007-07-14 | CDDL, LGPL |
SmartClient | 8.0 | 2011-01-05 | LGPL |
Spring | 3.1.2 | 2012-07-09 | Apache |
Stripes | 1.5.7 | 2012-05-17 | Apache |
ThinWire | 1.2 | 2007-09-17 | GPL |
Vaadin | 6.7.6 | 2012-03-06 | Apache |
Wavemaker | 6.3.3 | 2011-09-22 | Apache |
WebObjects | 5.4.3 | 2008-09-15 | Proprietary |
WebWork | 2.2.6 | 2007-07-21 | Apache |
ZK | 6.0.2 | 2012-07-24 | LGPL, ZOL |
ztemplates | 2.4.0 | 2011-09-11 | Apache |
JavaScript
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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multiple frameworks based on node.js | 0.8.9 | 2012-07-11 | MIT |
qooxdoo | 1.5 | 2011-07-13 | LGPL or Eclipse |
SproutCore | 1.8 (beta 2.0) | 2012-03-07 | MIT |
WaveMaker (client side) | 6.3.3 | 2011-09-22 | Apache |
Scala
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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Play! | 2.0.3 | 2012-08-03 | Apache 2.0 |
Lift | 2.4 | 2012-01-12 | Apache 2.0 |
Scalatra | 2.2.0 | BSD |
Perl
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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Catalyst | 5.90015 | 2012-06-30 | Artistic, GPL |
Dancer | 1.3110 | 2012-10-06 | Artistic, GPL |
Mason | 2.19 | 2012-05-02 | Artistic, GPL |
Maypole | 2.13 | 2008-04-18 | Artistic, GPL |
Mojolicious | 3.58 | 2012-11-14 | Artistic |
Reaction | 0.002005 | 2011-03-08 | Artistic, GPL |
PHP
Project | Start date | Current stable version | Release date | Framework type | License |
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Agavi | 2005-05 | 1.0.7 | 2011-12-22 | Web application framework | LGPL |
AppFlower | 2009-02 | 1.3 | 2012-10-09 | Web application framework | GPLv3 |
CakePHP | 2005-08 | 2.2.5 | 2013-01-09 | Web application framework | MIT |
CodeIgniter | 2006-01 | 2.1.3 | 2012-10-08[2] | Web application framework | OSLv3 |
Flow3 | 2007-01 | 1.1.0 | 2012-08-24 | Web application framework | LGPLv3 |
Joomla! Platform | 2005-09 | 12.1 | 2012-05-09 | Web application framework | GPLv2 |
Kajona | 2006 | 4.0 | 2013-01-09 | Web application framework | LGPLv2 |
kohana | 2010 | 3.3.0 | 2012-11-03 | Web application framework | BSD |
Lithium | 2009-10 | 0.11 | 2012-10-03 | Web application framework | BSD |
Qcodo | 2005-10 | 0.4.22 | 2011-08-15[3] | Web application framework | MIT |
Sapphire | 2005-11 | 3.0.3 | 2012-11-26 | Web application framework | BSD |
Openbiz | 2013-01 | 3.0.7 | 2012-12-22[4] | Web application framework & platform | BSD |
Seagull | 2003-10 | 0.6.8 | 2010-12-03 | Web application framework | BSD |
Symfony | 2005-10 | 2.1.6 | 2012-12-22[5] | Web application framework | MIT |
Xyster Framework | 2007-09 | 02 Build 01 | 2010-10-18 | Web application framework | BSD |
Yii | 2008-01 | 1.1.13 | 2012-12-30 | Web application framework | New BSD |
Zend Framework | 2006-03 | 2.0.6 | 2012-12-20[6] | Web application framework | New BSD |
Zikula | 2008-06 | 1.3.5 | 2012-12-07 | Web application framework | LGPLv3 or later |
Python
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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BlueBream | 1.0 | 2011-01-18 | ZPL |
CherryPy | 3.2.2 | 2011-10-28 | BSD |
CubicWeb | 3.15.2[7] | 2012-07-24 | LGPL |
Django | 1.4.3 | 2012-12-10[8] | BSD |
Flask | 0.9 | 2012-07-01[9] | BSD |
Grok | 1.4 | 2011-04-04 | ZPL |
Nagare | 0.4.1 | 2012-01-18 | BSD |
Pyjamas | 0.8 | 2012-06-01 | Apache |
Pylons | 1.0.1 | 2012-08-14 | BSD |
Pyramid | 1.3.4 | 2012-09-16 | BSD |
Tornado | 2.3[10] | 2012-05-31 | Apache |
TurboGears | 2.2 | 2012-08-23 | MIT, LGPL |
Webware | 1.1 | 2011-08-03 | Python |
Zope 2 | 2.13.15 | 2012-06-22[11] | ZPL |
Ruby
Project | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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Camping | 2.1 | 2010-08-20 | MIT |
Ruby on Rails | 3.2.11 | 2013-01-08 | MIT, Ruby |
Ramaze | 2011.07.25 | 2011-07-25 | Ruby |
Sinatra | 1.3.3 | 2012-08-19 | MIT |
Rango | 0.2 | 2009-03 | |
Merb | 1.1.2 | 2010-06-17 | MIT |
Nitro | 0.41 | 2006-12-12 | BSD |
PureMVC | 2.0.4 | 2008-08-14 | CC +Attribution |
Others
Project | Language | Current stable version | Release date | License |
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AIDA/Web | Smalltalk | 6.5 | 2012-08-27 | MIT |
Application Express | PL/SQL | 4.2.1 | 2012-12-14 | Proprietary freeware |
Grails | Groovy (JVM) | 2.0.1 | 2012-02-14 | Apache |
Kepler | Lua | 1.1.1 | 2009-03-11 | MIT |
Morfik | C#, BASIC, Pascal, Java | 3.0.8.1 | 2010-12-13 | Proprietary freeware |
Noir | Clojure | 1.2.2 | ? | Eclipse |
Ocsigen | OCaml | 2.0.4 | 2012-03-09 | LGPL |
Opa | Opa | 1.0.5 | 2012-08-02 | MIT and AGPL |
OpenACS | Tcl | 5.7.0 | 2011-07-17 | GPL |
Seaside | Smalltalk | 3.0 | 2010-09-13 | MIT |
Compojure | Clojure | 1.0.1 | 2012-01-08 | Eclipse |
Zotonic | Erlang | 0.8.1 | 2012-08-11 | Apache |
Comparison of Features
ASP.NET
Project | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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ASP.NET MVC | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | ORM-independent | Unit tests, Functional Tests, Integration Tests | Entity Framework | ASP.NET Forms Authentication (Default), Pluggable | Razor (Default), ASPX, Pluggable | Yes | Yes (client-side via plugins) |
BFC | Yes | Not mandatory | Push & pull | Yes | via active data dictionary | Unit tests | security groups and rules | Yes | metadata, result sets | Data dictionary driven | |
DotNetNuke | Yes | No | Pull | Yes | SubSonic, NHibernate | Unit tests | Yes | ACL-based (OpenID, LiveID, Active Directory, LDAP, CardSpace, ASP.NET Forms Authentication) | Yes | Pluggable | ASP.NET Validators, built-in API |
Kentico CMS | Yes | Yes | Push & Pull | Yes | Proprietary, customizable | Unit tests | Yes, Import toolkit | ACL-based (OpenID, LiveID, Active Directory, LDAP, CardSpace, ASP.NET Forms Authentication, FB connect) | Yes | Yes, Customizable | ASP.NET Validators, built-in API |
MonoRail | Prototype | Active record pattern | Push | Yes | Active record pattern | Unit tests | via ASP.NET Forms Authentication | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
OpenRasta | No | Yes | Push | Yes | ORM-independent | Unit tests | No | HTTP Digest and via ASP.NET Forms Authentication or host environment | Yes | No | No |
C++
Project | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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CppCMS | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | CppDB | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wt | Yes | Yes | Push & Pull | Yes | Wt::Dbo | Boost.test | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Tntnet | Yes | No | No | Yes | Tntdb | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML)
Project | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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ColdBox Platform | Yes | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Yes | via MockBox, MXUnit, others | via plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | via plugin |
ColdFusion on Wheels | Yes | Yes | via plugin jLingua | Yes | Yes integrated RocketUnit | via plugin | Yes | via plugin | Yes | ||
Fusebox | via CF or any JavaScript library | optional | Push | No, custom | via lexicons for Transfer, Reactor | via MXUnit, others | No | via plugins | via lexicon for ColdSpring | No | |
Mach-II | via CF or any JavaScript library | Yes | Push | via plugin | Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate | via MXUnit, others | via plugins | ColdSpring | |||
Model-Glue | via CF or any JavaScript library | Yes | Push | Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate | via MXUnit, others | via plugins | ColdSpring | ||||
onTap | native features + Prototype + script.aculo.us | optional | Push | Yes | DataFaucet [2] | via MXUnit, others | DataFaucet has potential - supports multiple db platforms | Members onTap Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Project | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
ECMAScript
Project | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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Flex | ActionScript, MXML | Not by name but similar technology[12] | FlexUnit |
Java
Project | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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Spring | Java | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | Hibernate, iBatis, more | Mock objects, unit tests | Spring Security (formerly Acegi) | JSP, Commons Tiles, Velocity, Thymeleaf, more | ehcache, more | Commons validator, Bean Validation | |
Apache Click | Java | jQuery | Page oriented | Pull | Yes | Hibernate, Cayenne | Yes | pluggable | Velocity, JSP | Cached templates | Built-in validation | |
Apache OFBiz | Java | Prototype | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Entity Engine(OOTB ORM) | JUnit | Entity Engine Tools, Data File Tool, CSV Parser, Apache POI | OOTB Security framework | Freemarker(Recommended), Velocity(Support Available), JSP(Support Available) | OOTB Cache Maintenance | Server side validation, Client Side Validation(Prototype) |
Apache Sling | Java | Yes | Yes | Push-pull | Uses JCR content repository | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Apache Struts | Java | Yes | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Yes | Unit tests | Yes | Yes | |||
Apache Wicket | Java | Extensions for YUI, ExtJS, more | Modular event driven | Pull | Yes | with extensions | Mock objects, unit and integration tests via extension | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
FormEngine | Java | Yes | Yes | own connector API | Ajax validation on server and form state update | |||||||
Grails | Groovy | Yes | Active record pattern | Push | Yes | GORM, Hibernate | Unit tests, integration test, functional test | multiple plugins: autobase, dbmigrate, more | Spring Security,[13] Apache Shiro[14] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ItsNat | Java | Yes | event driven | Push | using Java i18n | external, built-in | pluggable | pure HTML-SVG | page caching | normal Java | ||
JavaServer Faces | Java | Yes | Yes | Pull | Yes | Yes, with extensions | JUnit | Yes | Facelets, JSP | Yes | Native validators, integration with Bean Validation | |
JBoss Seam | Java | Yes | Yes | Pull | Yes | JPA, Hibernate | JUnit, TestNG | JAAS integration, Drools, Hibernate Filters, OpenID, CAPTCHA | Facelets | JBoss Cache, EHcache | Hibernate Validator | |
Jspx-bay | Java | Yes | Page oriented | Own API | JAAS integration | Master-content pages | Yes, Internal UI validation controls | |||||
JVx WebUI | Java | Yes | Model Driven | Yes | Yes, pluggable | JUnit | Yes | Single sourcing | Yes, pluggable | |||
OpenXava | Java | Yes | Model Driven | Yes | JPA, Hibernate, EJB2 CMP | JUnit | Hibernate tools | uses JSR-168 portal security | UI is automatically generated | uses portal and JPA caching | Yes | |
Play | Scala | Yes | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | JPA, Hibernate | JUnit, Selenium | Yes | via Core Security module | Yes | Yes | Server-side validation |
Portofino | Java, Groovy | jQuery | Stripes | Push | Yes | Hibernate | Liquibase | Apache Shiro | JSP, Stripes | Ehcache | Elements | |
RIFE | Java | DWR | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Yes | Out of container testing | Yes | Yes | Integration with Terracotta | Yes | |
Stripes | Java | Yes | Yes | Pull | Yes | JPA, Hibernate | Yes | framework extension | Yes | Yes | ||
Apache Tapestry | Java | Yes | Yes | Pull | Yes | Hibernate and JPA | Selenium and TestNG or JUnit | external module: Tapestry-security (Apache_Shiro) | Yes | built-in validation system | ||
Vaadin | Java | GWT | Pull | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Wavemaker | JavaScript (client), Java (server) | Dojo Toolkit | Yes | Push | Dojo Toolkit | Hibernate | JUnit | Hibernate | Spring Security (formerly Acegi), role-based access control | Dojo Toolkit | Dojo Toolkit | Regular expression, schema-driven validation |
WebObjects | Java | Yes | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | EOF | WOUnit (JUnit), TestNG, Selenium | in Project WONDER | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ztemplates | Java JDK 1.5 or newer | integrates YUI, Google, etc., with annotations | Yes | Push, multiple actions per URL | standard Java | use any J2EE ORM framework | Unit tests | annotation based | Velocity, FreeMarker, JSP, others pluggable | Ajax validation on server and form state update (YUI, JSON) | ||
Google Web Toolkit | Java, JavaScript | Yes | Yes | JPA with RequestFactory | JUnit (too early), jsUnit (too difficult), Selenium (best) | via Java | Yes | Bean Validation | ||||
ZK | Java, ZUML | jQuery | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | any J2EE ORM framework | JUnit,ZTL | HibernateUtil, SpringUtil | Spring Security | Macro components & composition | Yes | client, server |
JavaScript
Project | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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qooxdoo | Yes | Data binding | i18n | Testrunner | Form Validation | ||||||
SproutCore | Yes | Yes |
Perl
Project | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
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Catalyst | Perl | Toolkit-independent (REST & JSON support, specific plugins for Prototype JavaScript Framework, more) | Yes | Push in its most common usage | Yes | DBIx::Class, Rose::DB::Object, more | Supports Perl testing standards, Test Anything Protocol (TAP) | ACL-based, external engines, more | Template::Toolkit, HTML::Template, HTML::Mason, PHP and any extant Perl template engine | Cache, Memcached, shared memory, more | HTML::FormHandler HTML::FormFu, HTML::FormValidator, more | |
Dancer | Perl | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | DBIx::Class, ORMesque | Yes | ? | ? | Template::Toolkit, HTML::Mason, Text::MicroTemplate, any extant Perl template engine | Cache, Memcached, shared memory, more | DataFu, any extant Perl form validation software |
Mason | Perl | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Maypole | Perl | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mojolicious | Perl | Toolkit-independent (REST & JSON support | No explicit model support though commonly used as MVC | Push | Yes | Yes | No | Test::Mojo | No | Yes | Built-in Perl templating, Template::Toolkit and several others via plugins | No |
Reaction | Perl | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PHP
Project | Start Date | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) | Scaffolding |
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AppFlower | 2009-02 | PHP 5 | Yes, ExtJS | Yes | Push | Yes | Propel | Yes | Plugin exists | Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CakePHP | 2005-08 | PHP >= 5.2 | Prototype, script.aculo.us, jQuery, jQuery UI, MooTools, MooTools More | Yes | Push | Yes | Active record pattern (CakePHP 1.x), data mapper pattern (CakePHP 2.x) | Unit tests, object mocking, fixtures, code coverage, memory analysis with SimpleTest and XDebug PHPUnit (cakephp 2.0) | Yes | ACL-based | Themes, layouts, views, elements | Memcache, XCache, APC, File | Validation, security | Yes |
CodeIgniter | 2006-01 | PHP >= 5.1 | Any | Yes | Push | Mostly[15] | Third party only | Ready for next release | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[16] |
Drupal | 2001-01 | PHP | jQuery, jQuery UI, more | PAC | — | Yes | Optional module | SimpleTest | Yes | Yes | Yes | Memcache, APC, Varnish, more | Yes | No |
FuelPHP | 2010-10 | PHP >= 5.3.x | Yes | MVC, HMVC | Push | Yes | Yes | PHPUnit | Yes | Yes, Plugins available | Yes, Plugins available | File, Redis, Memcache, more | Yes | Yes |
Fusebox | 1997-11 | PHP | Yes | Not mandatory | Push | No, custom | Multiple plugins available | via qforms or built in PHP validation | Yes | |||||
Joomla | 2005-09 | PHP >= 5.3.x | Yes Mootools 1.3 | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Yes | Unit tests | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kajona | 2004-06 | PHP 5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unit tests | Automatic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Midgard | 1999-05 | PHP | jQuery | MidCOM | Pull | Yes | Midgard | PHPUnit | datagard | ACL-based | PHP, TAL | Memcache | Yes | No |
PRADO | 2004-07 | PHP >= 5.3.0 | Prototype, script.aculo.us, own components[17] | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Data access objects (DAO), active record pattern, SQLMap data mapper | PHPUnit | No | Yes | XML-based, similar to ASP.NETs[18] | APC, Database, eAccelerator, Memcached, XCache | Yes[19] | Yes[20] |
Qcodo | 2005-10 | PHP 5 | built-in | QControl | Push | Yes | XML-based | Inherent | QForm and QControl | Yes | Yes | No | ||
SilverStripe (Sapphire) | 2005-11 | PHP >= 5.2 | jQuery, jQuery UI | Push-pull | Yes | Active record pattern | Unit tests | Automatic | incl. OpenID | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Symfony | 2005-10 | PHP 5 | Prototype, script.aculo.us, Unobtrusive Ajax with UJS and PJS plugins | Yes | Push | Yes | Propel, Doctrine (YAML) | Yes | Plugin exists (alpha code) | Plugin | PHP, Twig | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Symfony 2 | 2010 | PHP >= 5.3.3 | Prototype, script.aculo.us, Unobtrusive Ajax with UJS and PJS plugins | Yes | Push | Yes | Propel, Doctrine (YAML) | Yes | Plugin exists (alpha code) | Yes | PHP, Twig | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yii | 2008-01 | PHP >= 5.1.0 | jQuery, jQuery UI, own components, plugins | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Data Access Objects (DAO), Active Record Pattern, Plugins (incl. Doctrine 2.0) | PHPUnit, Selenium | Yes | ACL-based, RBAC-based, plugins | PHP-based, PRADO-like, plugins | APC, Database, eAccelerator, File, Memcache, Redis, WinCache, XCache, Zend Platform | Yes | Yes[21] |
Zend Framework | 2006-03 | PHP >= 5.2.4 | Toolkit-independent | Yes | Push-pull | Yes | Table and row data gateway and Doctrine 2.0 for Zend Framework 2.0 | Unit tests | Yes | ACL-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Zikula | 2008-06 | PHP | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | PHPUnit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Python
Project | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) | Python 3.* |
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CherryPy | Python | Yes | controller & URL dispatching | Yes | ORM agnostic | use stdlib's unittest and doctest | depends on ORM | Templating engine agnostic | Yes | Form validation engine agnostic | Yes | ||
CubicWeb | Python | Yes | controller & URL dispatching | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Flask | Python | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jinja2 | Yes | Yes | No |
Grok | Python | Yes | Yes | Pull | Yes | OODBMS called ZODB, SQLAlchemy, Storm | Unit tests, functional tests | ZODB Generations | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Pyjamas | Python, JavaScript | Yes | Use PureMVC Python version (compiled to JavaScript) | Yes | ??, no direct data access | No | No | ||||||
Pylons | Python | helpers for Prototype and script.aculo.us | controller | Push | Yes | ORM-agnostic | via nose | depends on ORM | pluggable: Mako, Genshi, Myghty, Kid, more | Beaker cache (memory, memcached, file, databases) | preferred formencode | No | |
Pyramid | Python | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | ORM-agnostic | Yes | depends on ORM | Yes | pluggable: Chameleon, Genshi; Mako, more | Beaker cache (memory, memcached, file, databases) | preferred formencode | Yes |
Django | Python | Yes | Full stack | Push | Yes | Django ORM | Yes | Provided by South | ACL-based | Django Template Language | Cache Framework | Django Forms API | No |
TurboGears | Python | Toolkit-independent, provides support via JSON | Full stack, best-of-breed based | Push | Yes | SQLAlchemy | nose | SQLAlchemy-Migrate | Repoze.what & Repoze.who | pluggable: Genshi, more | Support for memcached, and any WSGI compliant system | ToscaWidgets, utilizing FormEncode | No |
web2py | Python | Yes | Yes | Push | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Webware | Python | No | Optional | Pull | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
BlueBream (Zope 3) | Python | via add-on products, e.g. Plone w/KSS | Yes | Pull | Yes | ZODB, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy | Unit tests, functional tests | ZODB generations | ACL-based | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Zope 2 | Python | Yes | Pull | Yes | ZODB, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy | Unit tests | ACL-based | Yes | Yes | CMFFormController | No | ||
mnml | Python | No | No | No | No | only development server | No | Templating engine agnostic | No | Form validation engine agnostic | No |
Ruby
Project | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Camping | No | Yes | Push | No | Active record pattern | via Mosquito | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Nitro | jQuery | Yes | Push | Yes | Og | RSpec | (automatic) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ruby on Rails | Prototype, script.aculo.us, jQuery | ActiveRecord, Action Pack | Push | Yes | ActiveRecord | Unit Tests, Functional Tests and Integration Tests | Yes | Plug-in | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sinatra | No | Yes | Push | No | ORM-independent | rack-test | Yes | through a Rack middleware | Yes | through a Rack middleware | No |
Others
Project | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIDA/Web | Smalltalk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gemstone/S, GLORP, more | SUnit | Yes | Yes | ||||
Application Express | PL/SQL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Kepler | Lua | Yes | ||||||||||
Lift | Scala | Yes | Yes | Pull | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Ocsigen | OCaml | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Opa | Opa | Yes | Yes | MongoDB | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
OpenACS | Tcl | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Seaside | Smalltalk | jQuery, jQuery UI, Prototype JavaScript Framework, script.aculo.us, more | Yes | Yes | GLORP, Gemstone/S, more | Unit tests, SUnit | No, intentionally | Magritte | ||||
Project | Language | Ajax | MVC framework | MVC push-pull | i18n & L10n? | ORM | Testing framework(s) | DB migration framework(s) | Security framework(s) | Template framework(s) | Caching framework(s) | Form validation framework(s) |
References
- ^ http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2012/03/27/asp-net-mvc-web-api-razor-and-open-source.aspx
- ^ http://codeigniter.com/news/codeigniter_2.1.3_released
- ^ http://www.qcodo.com/forums/forum.php/5/4377/
- ^ http://www.openbiz.me/
- ^ http://symfony.com/blog/symfony-2-1-3-released
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.cubicweb.org/project/cubicweb/3.15.2
- ^ https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/dec/10/security/
- ^ http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/changelog/
- ^ http://www.tornadoweb.org/documentation/releases/v2.3.0.html
- ^ http://zope2.zope.org/releases
- ^ URLRequest
- ^ Spring Security plugin
- ^ Apache Shiro plugin
- ^ Language helper included, must activate & set desired language by parsing HTTP headers.{http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/language.html}
- ^ "Change Log : CodeIgniter User Guide". EllisLab, Inc. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ http://www.pradosoft.com/demos/quickstart/?page=ActiveControls.Home
- ^ http://www.pradosoft.com/demos/quickstart/?page=Configurations.Templates1
- ^ http://www.pradosoft.com/demos/quickstart/?page=Controls.Validation
- ^ http://www.pradosoft.com/demos/quickstart/?page=Database.Scaffold
- ^ http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/blog/1.1/en/prototype.scaffold