📈 Backend Frameworks Ranked #26–#42 in Japan

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

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

The following list shows the backend frameworks ranked from 26th to 42nd out of 42 used on websites in Japan.

RankNameMarket share
26
Play Framework

A community-maintained, high-velocity web framework for Java and Scala.

FreeOpen source
27
Flask
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

A lightweight framework for building web applications in Python.

FreeOpen source
28
Hypernova
San Francisco, California, United States

A legacy open source service from Airbnb that renders JavaScript views on the server to deliver HTML for better page load and search engine indexing.

FreeOpen sourceLegacy
29
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
30
ThinkPHP

A Chinese open-source, object-oriented web application framework based on PHP.

FreeOpen source
31
Phoenix

A web framework for the Elixir programming language.

FreeOpen source
32
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
33
Revel

A high-productivity, full-stack web framework for the Go language.

FreeOpen source
34
Vaadin
Turku, Finland

A full-stack platform for building responsive, modern web applications in Java, featuring a library of UI components and powerful development tools.

FreeOpen source$9+/developer/month
35
Fat-Free Framework

A lightweight PHP micro-framework designed for rapid development of web applications and APIs.

FreeOpen source
36
Bridgetown
Portland, Oregon, United States

A progressive website generator and fullstack framework powered by Ruby.

FreeOpen source
37
Sapper

An open-source Svelte framework for server-rendered and client-hydrated web applications that has been deprecated in favor of its successor, SvelteKit.

FreeOpen sourceLegacy
38
Kohana

A deprecated open-source PHP framework that was last updated in 2016.

FreeOpen sourceLegacy
39
Apache Cocoon
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

An open-source Java web application framework built around XML processing and retired in January 2025.

FreeOpen sourceLegacy
40
Ninja Framework

A full-stack web framework for Java designed for rapid development and scalability.

FreeOpen source
41
Slim

An open-source, object-oriented PHP micro framework designed for rapid development of web applications and APIs.

FreeOpen source
42
Beego

An open-source, high-performance web framework for the Go programming language.

FreeOpen source

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Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.