🆚 Apache Sling vs. Ruby on Rails

📈 Ruby on Rails is much more popular than Apache Sling.
🌎 Ruby on Rails is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
🌍 Apache Sling is more popular in Vatican, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Apache Sling

Ruby on Rails

Type

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.

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack web application framework that provides the tools needed to build database-driven applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

It emphasizes a standardized project structure and naming, follows DRY ("don't repeat yourself") and "convention over configuration" principles, includes the Active Record ORM for database interaction, a built-in asset pipeline for managing CSS and JavaScript, and an integrated testing framework.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

sling.apache.org

rubyonrails.org #238,238

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Ruby on Rails backend framework is 16 times more popular than Apache Sling.

Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Ruby on Rails is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Apache Sling is more popular in Vatican, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Germany

Canada

India

Japan

France

Netherlands

Italy

Awards

⭐ 7th most popular in Portugal in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Germany in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Australia in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Italy in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Belgium in the Backend Frameworks category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Ruby on Rails is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business, while Apache Sling is more commonly used on finance and banking, motor vehicles, and health sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Fashion/Beauty

Education/Reference

Sports

Entertainment

Internet Services

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#106

#132

#196

#248

Name

Rank

#14

#29

#82

#186

#245