⚡ Backend Frameworks in the Philippines

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

The Philippines is a Southeast Asian country with a population of over 118 million people.

According to our research, backend frameworks are detected on 17.3% of websites from the Philippines.

Statistics based on 5K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Ruby on Rails with an impressive share of 30.5%, followed by ASP.NET with 18.4% and Laravel with 18.2%.

Ruby on Rails 30.5%
ASP.NET 18.4%
Laravel 18.2%
Next.js 8%
Nuxt 6.5%
CodeIgniter 4.9%
Apache Sling 2.7%
Express 2.6%
Jakarta Servlet 2%
Inertia.js 1.8%
ASP.NET Core 1.6%
Jakarta Server Pages 1.1%
Yii Framework 1%
Livewire 0.7%
Django 0.6%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Ruby on Rails ^(-1)
6. CodeIgniter ^(-2)
7. Apache Sling ^(-5)
9. Jakarta Servlet ^(-2)
10. Inertia.js ^(-12)
12. Jakarta Server Pages ^(-1)
14. Livewire ^(-1)
17. Spring ^(-6)
18. Apache Wicket ^(-14)
19. Meteor ^(-14)

✨ Best Backend Frameworks

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 32 backend frameworks used on sites from the Philippines, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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	30.5%
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	18.4%
3	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	18.2%
4	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%
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	6.5%
6	CodeIgniter Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada An open-source PHP full-stack web framework with small footprint, high performance, and minimal configuration setup. FreeOpen source	4.9%
7	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	2.7%
8	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	2.6%
9	Jakarta Servlet Brussels, Belgium Enables developers to write web UIs using pure Java. FreeOpen source	2%
10	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	1.8%
11	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	1.6%
12	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	1.1%
13	Yii Framework Chicago, Illinois, United States An open-source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework. FreeOpen source	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	0.7%
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	0.6%
16	Struts Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source MVC framework for creating modern Java web applications. FreeOpen source	0.5%
17	Spring Palo Alto, United States A Java framework for building enterprise-grade applications. FreeOpen source	0.4%
18	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	0.3%
19	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%
20	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	0.2%
21	Flask Wilmington, Delaware, United States A lightweight framework for building web applications in Python. FreeOpen source	0.2%
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	Bridgetown Portland, Oregon, United States A progressive website generator and fullstack framework powered by Ruby. FreeOpen source	0.1%
24	Redwood San Francisco, California, United States A full-stack framework for building React-based web applications, integrating React, GraphQL, Prisma, TypeScript, Jest, and Storybook into a cohesive development environment. FreeOpen source	0.1%
25	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	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Backend Frameworks in other countries

🗃️ 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 5,449 websites from the Philippines.
We currently track the presence of 68 backend frameworks across the web.
Of these, 32 were detected on websites from the Philippines.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.