The Best JavaScript Frameworks

Based on github stars

Top 16 Most Popular JavaScript Frameworks
by number of GitHub stars

 

Rank Change 2025 Jun Project Features Stars Activity Rating
1 - 1 React Front-end 245,632 9.8 26.23%
2 - 2 Vue.js Front-end 209,864 6.0 22.41%
3 - 3 Angular Front-end 100,316 10.0 10.71%
4 - 4 Svelte Front-end 87,156 9.9 9.31%
5 - 5 jQuery Front-end 59,827 8.5 6.39%
6 - 6 Meteor JS Front-end 44,773 9.9 4.78%
7 - 7 Preact Front-end 38,676 8.8 4.13%
8 - 8 Koa Front-end 35,712 7.8 3.81%
9 - 9 Backbone.js Front-end 28,098 5.7 3.00%
10 - 10 Ember.js Front-end 22,564 9.9 2.41%
11 - 11 Polymer Front-end 22,029 0.0 2.35%
12 - 12 Mithril.js Front-end 14,490 8.1 1.55%
13 - 13 Blitz Front-end 14,127 5.1 1.51%
14 - 14 Aurelia 1 Front-end 11,685 0.0 1.25%
15 - 15 Aurelia 2 Front-end 1,532 9.3 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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