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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