The Best JavaScript Frameworks

Based on github stars

Top 16 Most Popular JavaScript Frameworks
by number of GitHub stars

 

Rank Change 2025 Oct Project Features Stars Activity Rating
1 - 1 react - 250,916 9.7 26.50%
2 - 2 Vue.js Front-end 212,587 6.0 22.46%
3 - 3 Angular Front-end 101,019 9.9 10.67%
4 - 4 Svelte Front-end 88,359 9.8 9.33%
5 - 5 jQuery Front-end 59,893 8.1 6.33%
6 - 6 Meteor JS Front-end 44,800 9.9 4.73%
7 - 7 Preact Front-end 38,923 9.3 4.11%
8 - 8 Koa Front-end 35,678 7.4 3.77%
9 - 9 Backbone.js Front-end 28,095 6.4 2.97%
10 - 10 Ember.js Front-end 22,562 9.8 2.38%
11 - 11 Polymer Front-end 22,012 0.0 2.33%
12 - 12 Mithril.js Front-end 14,504 5.1 1.53%
13 - 13 Blitz Front-end 14,122 5.1 1.49%
14 - 14 Aurelia 1 Front-end 11,678 0.0 1.23%
15 - 15 Aurelia 2 Front-end 1,545 8.9 0.16%
  • Rating - the percentage of stars of a particular project from the total number.
  • Activity - a relative number between 0 and 10 representing the commits activity of a project.
    9+ meaning that the project is amongst the top 10% of most actively developed projects.
    5+ meaning that the project is amongst the top 50% of most active projects.

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