Choosing a web framework means comparing tools built for very different jobs, from machine-learning interfaces and Python applications to full-stack JavaScript sites. This August 2026 ranking uses current ToolVitals health, shipping, openness, licensing, and GitHub popularity data to provide a consistent comparison.
The ranking includes only open/source-visible tools and orders them by ToolVitals score, with GitHub stars used as a secondary popularity signal when scores are tied. The supplied scores and resulting order are preserved as reported.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gradio | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 100 | 100 | 43246 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Reflex | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 100 | 100 | 28726 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | SvelteKit | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 100 | 100 | 20703 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Filament | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 100 | 100 | 31659 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | ABP | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 98 | 100 | 14390 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Next.js | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 100 | 141189 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Angular | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 100 | 100610 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Astro | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 100 | 61402 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Nuxt | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 100 | 60699 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | Qwik | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 100 | 22039 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | pwa-kit | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 93 | 100 | 359 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | FastAPI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 95 | 101059 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | API Platform | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 100 | 2566 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Ionic | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 87 | 52594 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Hugo | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 92 | 89251 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Svelte | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 89 | 87686 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | NestJS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 93 | 76258 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Hono | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 89 | 31519 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | Wasp | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 93 | 18624 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | SolidStart | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 93 | 5890 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Analog | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 91 | 92 | 3158 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Remix | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 90 | 90 | 33257 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Encore | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 98 | 81 | 12191 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | Streamlit | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 87 | 89 | 45432 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | Fiber | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 87 | 40024 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | Echo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 80 | 32571 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | Marko | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 81 | 93 | 14390 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | Cabloy | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 79 | 93 | 970 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | Spring Boot | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 83 | 86 | 81183 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Fastify | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 89 | 78 | 36880 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | Restheart | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 79 | 90 | 882 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | Leptos | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 78 | 21144 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | Panda CSS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 86 | 76 | 6142 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 34 | Supervertaler Workbench | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 79 | 89 | 49 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 35 | React Admin | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 72 | 26861 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 36 | Zensical | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 81 | 77 | 5375 | 85 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 37 | Expo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 72 | 51139 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 38 | Ktor | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 84 | 73 | 14493 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 39 | neomJS neo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 79 | 77 | 3250 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 40 | Oqtane | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 78 | 78 | 2255 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 41 | Jooby | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 86 | 71 | 1780 | 84 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 42 | Phoenix | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 84 | 69 | 23100 | 83 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 43 | Django | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 85 | 65 | 88234 | 82 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 44 | Flutter | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 78 | 72 | 178003 | 81 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 45 | BuilderIO Mitosis | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 84 | 58 | 13904 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 46 | AdonisJS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 80 | 55 | 19064 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 47 | Serenity | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 74 | 65 | 2693 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 48 | Express | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 85 | 45 | 69298 | 76 | 🟢 Good |
| 49 | go-zero | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 78 | 52 | 33223 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 50 | FoalTS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 74 | 52 | 1933 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
Top 3 Highlights
Gradio ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 100, plus health and shipping scores of 100. It is an open-source Python framework focused on building and sharing machine-learning web apps. Gradio is labeled OSI-approved OSS under Apache-2.0, and its 43,246 GitHub stars place it ahead of the other tools tied at 100.
Reflex ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 100 and matching health and shipping scores of 100. Its defining focus is building web apps in pure Python. Reflex is labeled OSI-approved OSS under Apache-2.0, while its 28,726 GitHub stars provide the secondary signal that places it between Gradio and SvelteKit.
SvelteKit ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 100, a health score of 100, and a shipping score of 100. It is positioned as a streamlined web-development framework and is labeled OSI-approved OSS under MIT. Its 20,703 GitHub stars complete the tie-break ordering among the three top-scoring tools.
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