Top Web Frameworks Tools — May 2026

Web frameworks are crowded, and the hard part is not finding options but seeing which ones look strongest right now. This corrected May 2026 snapshot excludes LangChain, which belongs in AI Agent Tools rather than Web Frameworks.

The ranking puts ToolVitals score first, then uses GitHub stars as a secondary popularity signal when scores are tied. That keeps the ordering anchored in ToolVitals performance while still recognizing broader adoption.

Rankings

Rank	Tool	Health	Shipping	GitHub Stars	Score	Status
1	Next.js	95	100	139191	94	🟢 Excellent
2	Deno	100	100	106553	94	🟢 Excellent
3	Angular	94	100	100052	94	🟢 Excellent
4	FastAPI	100	100	97708	94	🟢 Excellent
5	Storybook	94	100	89805	94	🟢 Excellent
6	Hugo	95	100	87789	94	🟢 Excellent
7	Laravel	100	100	84080	94	🟢 Excellent
8	Astro	95	100	58821	94	🟢 Excellent
9	Filament	100	100	30460	94	🟢 Excellent
10	Hono	94	100	30170	94	🟢 Excellent
11	Reflex	100	100	28312	94	🟢 Excellent
12	Haystack	100	100	24999	94	🟢 Excellent
13	Wagtail	95	100	20308	94	🟢 Excellent
14	AdonisJS	95	100	18881	94	🟢 Excellent
15	ABP	100	100	14227	94	🟢 Excellent
16	Effect	89	100	13962	94	🟢 Excellent
17	TinaCMS	95	100	13296	94	🟢 Excellent
18	Encore	100	100	11873	94	🟢 Excellent
19	Skeleton	91	100	5949	94	🟢 Excellent
20	Analog	92	100	3114	94	🟢 Excellent
21	Mercur	92	100	1506	94	🟢 Excellent
22	Regle	89	100	442	94	🟢 Excellent
23	BESSER	94	100	168	94	🟢 Excellent
24	Ionic	97	88	52483	93	🟢 Excellent
25	Halo	97	88	38392	93	🟢 Excellent
26	Compose Multiplatform	97	88	19009	93	🟢 Excellent
27	Bun	92	88	89368	90	🟢 Excellent
28	Svelte	94	100	86431	90	🟢 Excellent
29	Spring Boot	95	100	80499	90	🟢 Excellent
30	Vite	94	100	80254	90	🟢 Excellent
31	NestJS	92	88	75321	90	🟢 Excellent
32	LlamaIndex	92	88	48972	90	🟢 Excellent
33	Fastify	91	88	36138	90	🟢 Excellent
34	Textual	92	88	35614	90	🟢 Excellent
35	Refine	89	100	34569	90	🟢 Excellent
36	Medusa	92	88	32802	90	🟢 Excellent
37	Remix	91	91	32654	90	🟢 Excellent
38	OpenAI Agents SDK	94	100	25447	90	🟢 Excellent
39	Qwik	94	100	21994	90	🟢 Excellent
40	Wasp	92	88	18276	90	🟢 Excellent
41	Feathers	84	100	15250	90	🟢 Excellent
42	Pipecat	92	88	11591	90	🟢 Excellent
43	Genkit	91	100	5840	90	🟢 Excellent
44	Rari	92	100	1109	90	🟢 Excellent
45	Ivy Framework	95	100	416	90	🟢 Excellent
46	Midway	89	88	7708	89	🟢 Excellent
47	Robyn	89	88	7223	89	🟢 Excellent
48	Slate	86	88	31640	87	🟢 Excellent
49	KohakuTerrarium	86	88	263	87	🟢 Excellent

Top 3 Highlights

Next.js ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 94, 95 health, and a perfect shipping score of 100. It also has the highest GitHub star count in this set at 139,191, which gives it the strongest combination of current score and broad adoption.

Deno also posts a ToolVitals score of 94, with 100 health and 100 shipping. Its 106,553 stars make it one of the most established tools in the top group.

Angular ties for the top ToolVitals score at 94, with 94 health and a perfect shipping score of 100. Its 100,052 GitHub stars keep it near the top on both vitality and adoption.

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