⚡ Backend Frameworks in China

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

According to our research, backend frameworks are detected on 11.5% of websites from China.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top backend frameworks in China in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is ASP.NET, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 64.2% share.
It is followed by Jakarta Server Pages with 9.6% and ThinkPHP with 6.5%.

ASP.NET 64.2%
Jakarta Server Pages 9.6%
ThinkPHP 6.5%
Laravel 4.6%
Nuxt 4.4%
Express 3.4%
Ruby on Rails 2.3%
Next.js 2.2%
Struts 1.5%
CodeIgniter 0.9%
Yii Framework 0.6%
ASP.NET Core 0.6%
Apache Sling 0.6%
Jakarta Servlet 0.2%
Django 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Jakarta Server Pages ^(-9)
3. ThinkPHP ^(-19)
9. Struts ^(-6)
16. Spring ^(-8)
18. Inertia.js ^(-5)
22. Beego ^(-35)
23. Remix ^(-2)

✨ Best Backend Frameworks

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 34 backend frameworks used on sites from China, 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	64.2%
2	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	9.6%
3	ThinkPHP A Chinese open-source, object-oriented web application framework based on PHP. FreeOpen source	6.5%
4	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	4.6%
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	4.4%
6	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	3.4%
7	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	2.3%
8	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	2.2%
9	Struts Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source MVC framework for creating modern Java web applications. FreeOpen source	1.5%
10	CodeIgniter Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada An open-source PHP full-stack web framework with small footprint, high performance, and minimal configuration setup. FreeOpen source	0.9%
11	Yii Framework Chicago, Illinois, United States An open-source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework. FreeOpen source	0.6%
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	0.6%
13	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	0.6%
14	Jakarta Servlet Brussels, Belgium Enables developers to write web UIs using pure Java. FreeOpen source	0.2%
15	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	0.2%
16	Spring Palo Alto, United States A Java framework for building enterprise-grade applications. FreeOpen source	0.2%
17	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	0.05%
18	Inertia.js A toolkit for building single-page applications with React, Vue, or Svelte while keeping classic server-side routing and controllers. FreeOpen source	0.04%
19	SvelteKit A framework for rapidly developing robust, performant web applications using Svelte. FreeOpen source	0.04%
20	Livewire 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	0.03%
21	Java Portlet Java Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal.	0.02%
22	Beego An open-source, high-performance web framework for the Go programming language. FreeOpen source	0.02%
23	Remix Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A full-stack React-based web framework that delivers server-rendered pages with nested routing and progressive enhancement. FreeOpen source	0.02%
24	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	0.02%
25	Rack Provides a minimal, modular, and adaptable interface for developing web applications in Ruby. FreeOpen source	0.02%

👉 See Also

🌎 Backend Frameworks in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 151,410 websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on December 14, 2025.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.