Backend frameworks
Ruby on Rails
106.9K sitesOpen source
Ruby on Rails is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby under the MIT License.
Used byAirbnb,Basecamp (37signals),GitLab,RD Station+1
Laravel
99K sitesOpen source
Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web framework.
Express
77.3K sitesOpen source
Express is a web application framework for Node.js, released as free and open-source software under the MIT License. It is designed for building web applications and APIs.
Used byGhost
Django
26.1K sitesOpen source
Django is a Python-based free and open-source web application framework.
Used byPostHog
Flask
613 sitesOpen source
Flask is a Python micro web framework ideal for rapidly constructing web applications, offering minimalism, flexibility, and modularity.
Used byDuolingo

Phoenix
87 sitesOpen source
Elixir web framework with real-time channels and LiveView.
Used byPlausible Analytics
Hono
60 sitesOpen source
Hono is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework for the Edge.
Actix Web
Open source
Fast, pragmatic web framework for Rust.
ASP.NET Core
Open source
Microsoft's cross-platform web framework for C#.
Axum
Open source
Web framework for Rust built on Tokio.
Elysia
Open source
Type-safe web framework built for Bun.
FastAPI
Open source
FastAPI is a web framework for building APIs with Python, utilizing standard Python type hints.
Fastify
Open source
Fast, low-overhead web framework for Node.js with schema-based validation.
Gin
Open source
Fast HTTP web framework for Go.
NestJS
Open source
Structured TypeScript server framework with modules and dependency injection.
Used byCal.com
Spring Boot
Open source
Java framework for production-ready backends with little setup.
Data from the open Wappalyzer database (enthec/webappanalyzer, GPL-3.0), updated every week. Site counts from the HTTP Archive (September 2026). Code tools (frameworks, build, ORMs…) come from a list kept by Faundr.