Best NodeJS frameworks for seamless backend development

• Socket.io

  846 61,293 9.3 TypeScript

  Realtime application framework (Node.JS server)

  

  Socket.IO is a NodeJS framework built on top of WebSockets that enables realtime client-server communication. Socket.IO is event-driven and compatible with older browsers and environments.

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• SailsJS

  42 22,851 6.2 JavaScript

  Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js

  

  Community stats: Sails GitHub repository has an active community with 22.78k stars and 2k forks. They also have a YouTube channel with a library of useful tutorial videos.

• Nest

  346 68,181 9.9 TypeScript

  A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

  

  NestJS is a progressive framework for NodeJS for building server-side applications with JavaScript and TypeScript. NestJS follows a modular architecture enabling developers to create complex applications by organizing components into separate, independent modules, ensuring maintainability and reusability across various parts of the application.

• Express

  739 65,768 9.0 JavaScript

  Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

  

  Community stats: The official Express GitHub repository has 62.1k stars and 11.7k forks. The Express mailing list has over 5000 discussions which can be used as an issue library when you encounter a bug while developing an Express application.

• feathers

  62 15,080 8.2 TypeScript

  The API and real-time application framework

  

  Feathers.js is a web framework built on top of Express which provides a simple way to develop a scalable and reliable application. Feathers.js supports many databases and works with any frontend technology including iOS, Android, and React Native.

• node

  1,105 108,030 10.0 JavaScript

  Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

  

  With around 50,000 open source packages available through npm (Node Package Manager), NodeJS facilitates the seamless backend extension. The GitHub repository has 99k stars and 27.5k forks demonstrating an active community. Furthermore, there are 468,194 questions tagged 'node.js' on Stackoverflow, while an active Discord community comprises 13,714 members.

• benchmarks

  14 599 7.6 JavaScript

  Fast and low overhead web framework fastify benchmarks. (by fastify)

  

  Community stats: Fastify has a community of 28.8k stars and 2.2k forks on GitHub.

• Meteor JS

  69 44,442 9.9 JavaScript

  Meteor, the JavaScript App Platform

  

  Community stats: The Meteor.js GitHub repository has an active community with 43.8k stars and 5.4k forks.

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