⚡ Backend Frameworks in Iceland

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

Iceland is a Northern European island country with a population of over 380 thousand people.

According to our research, backend frameworks are detected on 17.6% of websites from Iceland.

Statistics based on 2K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Next.js with an impressive share of 32.1%, followed by ASP.NET with 31.2% and Ruby on Rails with 11.6%.

Next.js 32.1%
ASP.NET 31.2%
Ruby on Rails 11.6%
ASP.NET Core 8.3%
Laravel 4.9%
Express 3.9%
Nuxt 3.2%
Django 2%
Blazor 1.8%
CodeIgniter 1%
Yii Framework 0.8%
Livewire 0.8%
Jakarta Servlet 0.6%
Inertia.js 0.6%
Spring 0.4%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Next.js ^(-3)
4. ASP.NET Core ^(-3)
8. Django ^(-6)
9. Blazor ^(-19)
12. Livewire ^(-3)
14. Inertia.js ^(-8)
15. Spring ^(-8)
16. SvelteKit ^(-2)
21. Meteor ^(-12)

✨ Best Backend Frameworks

Below is a more detailed list of 21 backend frameworks used on sites from Iceland, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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	32.1%
2	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	31.2%
3	Ruby on Rails Chicago, Illinois, United States A full-stack web application framework that provides the tools needed to build database-driven applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern. FreeOpen source	11.6%
4	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	8.3%
5	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	4.9%
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	3.9%
7	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	3.2%
8	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	2%
9	Blazor Redmond, Washington, United States An open-source web framework from Microsoft that allows developers to build full-stack web applications using C# and .NET. FreeOpen source	1.8%
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	1%
11	Yii Framework Chicago, Illinois, United States An open-source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework. FreeOpen source	0.8%
12	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	0.8%
13	Jakarta Servlet Brussels, Belgium Enables developers to write web UIs using pure Java. FreeOpen source	0.6%
14	Inertia.js New York, United States A toolkit for building single-page applications with React, Vue.js, or Svelte while keeping classic server-side routing and controllers. FreeOpen source	0.6%
15	Spring Palo Alto, United States A Java framework for building enterprise-grade applications. FreeOpen source	0.4%
16	SvelteKit A framework for rapidly developing robust, performant web applications using Svelte. FreeOpen source	0.4%
17	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	0.4%
18	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	0.4%
19	Struts Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source MVC framework for creating modern Java web applications. FreeOpen source	0.2%
20	Nette An open-source, component-based, MVC web framework for PHP 8. FreeOpen source	0.2%
21	Meteor Victoria, British Columbia, Canada An open-source full-stack JavaScript framework based on Node.js that enables building real-time applications across web, mobile, and desktop platforms. FreeOpen source	0.2%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 2,875 websites from Iceland.
We currently track the presence of 68 backend frameworks across the web.
Of these, 21 were detected on websites from Iceland.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.