⚡ Backend Frameworks in Austria

Backend frameworks are software libraries of tools and modules that help developers build the server-side of a web application.

Austria is a Central European country with a population of over 9 million people.

According to our research, backend frameworks are detected on 12% of websites from Austria.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top backend frameworks in Austria in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is ASP.NET with a share of 29%, followed by Symfony with 23% and Next.js with 8%.

ASP.NET 29%
Symfony 23%
Next.js 8%
Ruby on Rails 7.4%
Nuxt 6.1%
Laravel 5.9%
Yii Framework 4.5%
Apache Sling 3.5%
Express 3.3%
Flow 2%
Django 1.8%
ASP.NET Core 1.2%
Java Portlet 1.1%
Livewire 0.9%
Other 2.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top frameworks that are more popular in Austria than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Symfony ^(-8)
3. Next.js ^(-1)
7. Yii Framework ^(-2)
8. Apache Sling ^(-5)
10. Flow ^(-17)
11. Django ^(-3)
13. Java Portlet ^(-5)
14. Livewire ^(-1)
17. SvelteKit ^(-2)
18. Spring ^(-5)

✨ Best Backend Frameworks

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 38 backend frameworks used on sites from Austria, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	ASP.NET Redmond, Washington, United States A server-side web application framework that runs on the .NET platform and enables developers to build dynamic websites and APIs using languages like C#. FreeOpen source	29%
2	Symfony Clichy, Île-de-France, France An open-source PHP web application framework and a set of reusable components designed to speed up the development and maintenance of web applications using best practices and high modularity. FreeOpen source	23%
3	Next.js San Francisco, California, United States A React framework for building full-stack web applications that offers server-side rendering, static site generation, file-based routing, and built-in API routes. FreeOpen source	8%
4	Ruby on Rails Chicago, Illinois, United States A full-stack framework that includes everything needed to build database-driven web applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern. FreeOpen source	7.4%
5	Nuxt San Francisco, California, United States An open-source framework based on Vue.js that enables developers to build full-stack web applications and websites using conventions like file-based routing, automatic component imports, and type-safe support out of the box. FreeOpen source	6.1%
6	Laravel New York, United States An open-source PHP backend framework that provides all features needed to build modern web applications such as routing, input validation, caching, queues, and file storage. FreeOpen source	5.9%
7	Yii Framework Chicago, Illinois, United States An open-source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework. FreeOpen source	4.5%
8	Apache Sling Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source web framework that uses a Java Content Repository, such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content. FreeOpen source	3.5%
9	Express San Francisco, California, United States A minimal and flexible Node.js web framework that lets developers build web apps and APIs using routing, middleware, template engines, and support for serving static assets. FreeOpen source	3.3%
10	Flow A PHP web application framework focused on Domain-Driven Design and clean code principles. FreeOpen source	2%
11	Django Huntersville, North Carolina, United States A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design while following the Model-View-Template architectural pattern and the "don't repeat yourself" principle. FreeOpen source	1.8%
12	ASP.NET Core Redmond, Washington, United States An open-source, cross-platform web framework and the successor to ASP.NET that enables development of web apps and APIs using .NET on Windows, macOS, or Linux. FreeOpen source	1.2%
13	Java Portlet Java Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal.	1.1%
14	Livewire Buffalo, New York, United States A full-stack framework for Laravel that allows developers to build dynamic user interface components using PHP and Blade templates without writing front-end JavaScript. FreeOpen source	0.9%
15	Jakarta Server Pages Brussels, Belgium A technology that enables developers to create dynamic web content using XML markup, custom tags, expression language, and Java. FreeOpen source	0.8%
16	CodeIgniter Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada An open-source PHP full-stack web framework with small footprint, high performance, and minimal configuration setup. FreeOpen source	0.7%
17	SvelteKit A framework for rapidly developing robust, performant web applications using Svelte. FreeOpen source	0.6%
18	Spring Palo Alto, United States A Java framework for building enterprise-grade applications. FreeOpen source	0.6%
19	Jakarta Servlet Brussels, Belgium Enables developers to write web UIs using pure Java. FreeOpen source	0.5%
20	Rack A minimal, modular interface and invocation convention that operates between Ruby web servers and web applications to standardize how HTTP requests and responses are exchanged. FreeOpen source	0.5%
21	Nette An open-source, component-based, MVC web framework for PHP 8. FreeOpen source	0.3%
22	CakePHP Las Vegas, Nevada, United States A rapid development framework for PHP that uses MVC, front controller, associative data mapping and active record patterns to help developers build web applications faster. FreeOpen source	0.2%
23	Struts Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source MVC framework for creating modern Java web applications. FreeOpen source	0.2%
24	Apache Wicket Wilmington, Delaware, United States A component-oriented backend framework for Java that enables developers to build dynamic web applications using pure Java and HTML. FreeOpen source	0.2%
25	Phoenix A web framework for the Elixir programming language. FreeOpen source	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Backend Frameworks in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 29,013 websites from Austria.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.