⚡ Backend Frameworks in the United States

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 used on 10.3% of websites from the United States.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

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

The most popular is ASP.NET with an impressive share of 44.8%, followed by Ruby on Rails with 12.5% and Next.js with 11.2%.

ASP.NET 44.8%
Ruby on Rails 12.5%
Next.js 11.2%
Laravel 8.3%
ASP 7.1%
ASP.NET MVC 7%
ASP.NET Core 3.2%
Jakarta Servlet 3.1%
Express 3.1%
Apache Sling 2.7%
Yii Framework 2.6%
Jakarta Server Pages 1.7%
CodeIgniter 1.3%
Struts 0.7%
Django 0.6%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Next.js ^(-1)
7. ASP.NET Core ^(-4)
8. Jakarta Servlet ^(-6)
10. Apache Sling ^(-3)
14. Struts ^(-2)
16. Rack ^(-6)
17. SvelteKit ^(-6)
19. Play Framework ^(-9)
22. Spring ^(-2)
23. Remix ^(-4)

✨ Best Backend Frameworks

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 62 backend frameworks used on sites from the United States, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	ASP.NETRedmond, Washington, United States A web development framework for building web apps on the .NET platform.	44.8%
2	Ruby on RailsChicago, Illinois, United States A popular full-stack framework that includes everything needed to build database-driven web applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern.	12.5%
3	Next.jsSan 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.	11.2%
4	LaravelNew York, United States An open-source PHP backend framework that provides all of the features you need to build modern web applications, such as routing, validation, caching, queues, and file storage.	8.3%
5	ASPRedmond, Washington, United States A server-side scripting language and dynamic web page engine.	7.1%
6	ASP.NET MVCRedmond, Washington, United States A web application framework that implements the Model-View-Controller pattern.	7%
7	ASP.NET CoreRedmond, Washington, United States An open-source, cross-platform web framework, the successor to ASP.NET.	3.2%
8	Jakarta ServletBrussels, Belgium Enables developers to write web UIs using pure Java.	3.1%
9	ExpressSan Francisco, California, United States A minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework.	3.1%
10	Apache SlingWilmington, Delaware, United States An open source web framework that uses a Java Content Repository, such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content.	2.7%
11	Yii FrameworkChicago, Illinois, United States An open source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework.	2.6%
12	Jakarta Server PagesBrussels, Belgium A technology that enables developers to create dynamic web content based on XML markup, custom processing tags, expression language, and embedded Java code.	1.7%
13	CodeIgniter An open-source PHP full-stack web framework.	1.3%
14	StrutsWilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source MVC framework for creating modern Java web applications.	0.7%
15	DjangoHuntersville, North Carolina, United States A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.	0.6%
16	Rack Provides a minimal, modular, and adaptable interface for developing web applications in Ruby.	0.5%
17	SvelteKit A framework for rapidly developing robust, performant web applications using Svelte.	0.4%
18	Livewire A full-stack framework for Laravel that allows you to build dynamic UI components without leaving PHP.	0.4%
19	Play Framework A community-maintained, high-velocity web framework for Java and Scala.	0.3%
20	Java Portlet Java Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and displayed in a web portal.	0.3%
21	SymfonyClichy, Île-de-France, France An open-source PHP web application framework and a set of reusable components.	0.2%
22	SpringPalo Alto, United States A Java framework for building enterprise-grade applications.	0.2%
23	RemixOttawa, Ontario, Canada An open source, React-based, full-stack web framework that lets you focus on the user interface and work back through web fundamentals to deliver a fast, slick, and resilient user experience.	0.2%
24	CakePHPLas Vegas, Nevada, United States An open-source rapid development framework for PHP based on the MVC, Associative Data Mapping, and Front Controller design patterns.	0.2%
25	BlazorRedmond, Washington, United States An open-source web framework from Microsoft that allows developers to build full-stack web applications using .NET and C#.	0.1%

Data updated September 14, 2025

👉 See Also

🔗 Links
- ⚡Frontend frameworks
- Web framework

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