🆚 Backbone.js vs. React

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Frontend framework
Frontend framework

About

Backbone.js is a JavaScript framework that adds structure to web applications by implementing the MVC pattern.

It offers models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, routers for URL routing, and native support for syncing with RESTful JSON interfaces via a very small (~8 KB) core.

React is a popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook.

It allows developers to create reusable UI components, offers JSX markup support, a virtual DOM, hooks, and is often used as a base for other full-stack frameworks such as Next.js or Remix.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Frontend Frameworks › Rank #5
Frontend Frameworks › Rank #1
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #68
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #9

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The React frontend framework is 11 times more popular than Backbone.js.
Total websites

Market share

Frontend Frameworks
JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

React is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Backbone.js is more popular in Sao Tome and Principe.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
India
France
Australia
Brazil
Netherlands
Italy
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

React is more popular than Backbone.js in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Travel
General News
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#2,419
View more ➝
Name
Rank
#12
View more ➝

See also

* According to recent studies, many of online reviews are fake.
When making your decision, it is better to rely on data that cannot be falsified.
Our service evaluates the popularity of technologies by the number of websites using them.

Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.