🆚 Alpine.js vs. AngularJS

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Alpine.js is twice as popular as AngularJS.
🌎 Alpine.js is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 AngularJS is more popular in Russia, Denmark, and India.

Alpine.js

AngularJS

Type

Frontend framework

About

Alpine.js is a minimal JavaScript framework that lets developers add reactive behavior directly in HTML markup using attributes and magic properties without needing a build tool.

It has a small footprint, supports declarative syntax with directives like x-data, x-if, x-show etc., includes global stores for shared state, and works without a virtual DOM.

AngularJS is a discontinued open-source web framework from Google that has been superseded by Angular.

It provides two-way data binding, dependency injection, custom HTML directives, built-in services for AJAX and routing, and a digest cycle for synchronizing data between models and views.

Headquarters

Buffalo, New York, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

alpinejs.dev #392,041

angularjs.org #86,671

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Alpine.js frontend framework is 1.7 times more popular than AngularJS.

Total websites

Market share

Frontend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Alpine.js is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while AngularJS is more popular in Russia, Denmark, and India.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Netherlands

France

Italy

Australia

Russia

Denmark

Canada

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the Maldives in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in the Netherlands in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Belgium in the Frontend Frameworks category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Frontend Frameworks category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Frontend Frameworks category.

🥉 Third most popular in Taiwan in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Colombia in the Frontend Frameworks category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Denmark in the Frontend Frameworks category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Denmark in the Legacy category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Iran in the Frontend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Alpine.js is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while AngularJS is more commonly used on real estate and finance and banking sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Public Information

Entertainment

Fashion/Beauty

Sports