🆚 Apache Sling vs. Spring

📈 Apache Sling is five times more popular than Spring.
🌎 Apache Sling is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Spring is more popular in Poland, Korea, and Belarus.

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

Apache Sling

Spring

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.

Spring is a Java framework for building enterprise-grade applications.

It offers a comprehensive ecosystem with features like dependency injection, aspect-oriented programming, transaction management, and support for various data access technologies, including JDBC, JPA, and Hibernate.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Palo Alto, United States

Website

sling.apache.org

spring.io #15,742

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apache Sling backend framework is 5 times more popular than Spring.

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 Spring is more popular in Poland, Korea, and Belarus.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Australia

Spain

Italy

Switzerland

France

Canada

Poland

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Vatican in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Italy in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the Philippines 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.

⭐ 10th most popular in Poland in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 11st most popular in Korea in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 15th most popular in China in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 16th most popular in India in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 16th most popular in Australia in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apache Sling is more popular among sites focused on business, finance and banking, and motor vehicles, while Spring is more commonly used on online shopping and fashion and beauty sites.

Business

Finance/Banking

Motor Vehicles

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Health

Software/Hardware

Travel

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#66

#73

#89

#130

Name

Rank

#19

#22

#32

#85

#96