Choosing a web framework means balancing project fit with signals of project health and delivery activity. This October 2026 snapshot uses ToolVitals data for each tool’s score, health, shipping, openness, license, and GitHub-star context.
The list covers open/source-visible tools only. It orders them by ToolVitals score descending, then uses health and shipping for equal composite scores. GitHub stars are context only and do not determine rank.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 98 | 52520 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Next.js | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 98 | 142960 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Angular | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 97 | 101025 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Astro | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 97 | 62981 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | Ruby on Rails | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 97 | 58786 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Qwik | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 22063 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Spring Boot | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 97 | 81544 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | SvelteKit | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 20830 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | ABP | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-3.0 | 97 | 96 | 14443 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | ASP.NET Core | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 38464 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | Filament | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 32169 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | NestJS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 76776 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | Reflex | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 28926 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Nuxt | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 95 | 60913 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Cedar | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 146 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Fiber | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 40191 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | Remix | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 96 | 33385 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | Streamlit | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 96 | 45871 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 19 | API Platform | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 2577 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 20 | pwa-kit | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 96 | 95 | 361 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 21 | Analog | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 95 | 3187 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 22 | Hono | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 94 | 32397 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 23 | Ionic | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 94 | 52686 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 24 | Ktor | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 94 | 14532 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 25 | Svelte | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 94 | 88232 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 26 | neomJS neo | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 94 | 3283 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 27 | Gradio | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 95 | 43650 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 28 | Hugo | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 94 | 90006 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 29 | Marko | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 96 | 14435 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 30 | Apache Struts | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 93 | 1369 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 31 | FastAPI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 102755 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 32 | Fastify | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 37217 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 33 | Phoenix | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 23169 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 34 | VitePress | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 18363 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 35 | Vue.js | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 93 | 54472 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 36 | gofr | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 93 | 20877 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 37 | Wasp | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 95 | 92 | 18754 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 38 | Restheart | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 93 | 95 | 889 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 39 | Vapor | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 92 | 26227 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 40 | CakePHP | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 91 | 8789 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 41 | Stencil | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 91 | 13134 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 42 | Zensical | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 93 | 5806 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 43 | Vike | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 92 | 5832 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 44 | Oqtane | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 92 | 94 | 2258 | 93 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 45 | React Admin | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 94 | 91 | 26944 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 46 | Encore | OSI-approved OSS | MPL-2.0 | 93 | 90 | 12404 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 47 | Flutter | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 93 | 88 | 179211 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 48 | playframework | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 92 | 90 | 12615 | 91 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 49 | go-zero | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 92 | 88 | 33365 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 50 | Cabloy | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 87 | 94 | 981 | 90 | 🟢 Excellent |
Top 3 Highlights
Expo ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 98, health of 98, and shipping of 98. Its first-party description presents it as an open-source framework for making universal native apps with React across Android, iOS, and the web. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and MIT; its 52,520 GitHub stars are context only.
Next.js ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 98, health of 98, and shipping of 98. Its first-party description is simply “The React Framework,” giving it a clear React-centered position in the ranking. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and MIT; its 142,960 GitHub stars provide context rather than ranking input.
Angular ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, health of 98, and shipping of 97. Its first-party description frames it around “Deliver web apps with confidence 🚀.” It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and MIT, while its 101,025 GitHub stars are included only as context.
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