🆚 AngularJS vs. Stimulus

Type

Frontend framework
Frontend framework

About

AngularJS is a discontinued open-source web framework from Google that has been superseded by Angular.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

Stimulus is a JavaScript framework designed to enhance static or server-rendered HTML by connecting JavaScript controller classes to DOM elements via data attributes.

It monitors changes in the DOM, supports event handling through HTML annotations, lets you refer to internal elements via targets, and stores state in HTML attributes rather than using a virtual DOM or heavy rendering.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source
Free ✔️ Open source

Categories

Frontend Frameworks › Rank #9
Frontend Frameworks › Rank #10
Legacy › Rank #18

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The AngularJS frontend framework is 2 times more popular than Stimulus.
Total websites

Market share

Frontend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

AngularJS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Stimulus is more popular in France, Indonesia, and the Czech Republic.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Russia
Netherlands
Denmark
India
Indonesia
Taiwan

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

AngularJS is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Stimulus is more commonly used on education and reference sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Real Estate
Sports
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,202
#1,237
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Rank
#624
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See also

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