🆚 Apache Sling vs. Grails

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Apache Sling
Grails

Type

Backend framework
Backend framework

About

Apache Sling is an open-source web framework that uses a Java Content Repository (JCR), such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content.

It maps HTTP request URLs to content resources, supports server-side scripting with languages like JSP, JavaScript, Ruby, and Velocity, and integrates with the OSGi framework for modularity.

Grails is a Groovy-based web application framework for the JVM built on top of Spring Boot.

It integrates GORM for object-relational mapping, supports SQL, MongoDB, and Neo4j, and offers built-in tools for asynchronous programming, JSON rendering, and RESTful APIs.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

sling.apache.org
grails.org #188,170

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Backend Frameworks › Rank #12
Backend Frameworks › Rank #39

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apache Sling backend framework is 55 times more popular than Grails.
Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apache Sling is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Grails is more popular in Poland.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Italy
Spain
Poland
Switzerland
Belgium

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apache Sling is more popular than Grails in all market segments.
Business
Finance/Banking
Motor Vehicles
Marketing/Merchandising
Health
Travel
Software/Hardware
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#3
#66
#73
#89
#130
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Name
Rank
#54,798
#222,779
#286,551
#492,587
#496,037
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See also

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