🆚 CakePHP vs. ThinkPHP

📈 CakePHP is noticeably more popular than ThinkPHP.
🌎 CakePHP is more popular in Japan, the United States, and Brazil.
🌍 ThinkPHP is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

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

CakePHP

ThinkPHP

Type

Backend framework

About

CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP that uses MVC, front controller, associative data mapping and active record patterns to help developers build web applications faster.

It includes an ORM and query builder, integrated scaffolding and code generation tools, built-in validation and security against XSS, CSRF, and SQL injections, flexible routing and template helpers, i18n support, caching, and a large plugin ecosystem.

ThinkPHP is a Chinese open-source, object-oriented web application framework based on PHP.

Headquarters

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Website

cakephp.org #211,876

thinkphp.cn #261,118

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The CakePHP backend framework is 1.7 times more popular than ThinkPHP.

Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

CakePHP is more popular in Japan, the United States, and Brazil, while ThinkPHP is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

China

Japan

United States

Brazil

India

Vietnam

France

Netherlands

Poland

Spain

Awards

⭐ 6th most popular in Japan in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 10th most popular in Romania in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 12nd most popular in Vietnam in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 13rd most popular in Brazil in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 13rd most popular in India in the Backend Frameworks category.

⭐ 4th most popular in China in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 12nd most popular in Hong Kong in the Backend Frameworks category.
🔥 16th most popular in Vietnam in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

CakePHP is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while ThinkPHP is more commonly used on software and hardware, and games sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Sports

Entertainment

Public Information

Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#5,730

#8,463

#10,018

#10,885

#11,086

Name

Rank

#22,412

#54,246

#72,477

#104,862

#114,163