🆚 Cordova vs. Meteor

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Cordova is twice as popular as Meteor.
🌎 Cordova is more popular in Indonesia, the United States, and Australia.
🌍 Meteor is more popular in Germany, Canada, and Russia.

Type

Frontend framework

About

Apache Cordova is a mobile development framework that enables cross-platform application development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

It includes a plugin architecture that lets developers call native device APIs (camera, accelerometer, GPS, file system, etc.), uses a CLI for building and packaging apps, and wraps web applications in native WebViews for iOS, Android, Windows, and other platforms.

Meteor.js is an open-source full-stack JavaScript framework based on Node.js that enables building real-time applications across web, mobile, and desktop platforms.

It includes built-in features like reactive data synchronization over websockets, support for multiple front-end frameworks, zero-configuration setup, and bundled user accounts and authentication tools.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Website

cordova.apache.org

meteor.com #132,518

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Cordova frontend framework is 1.7 times more popular than Meteor.

Total websites

Market share

Frontend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Cordova is more popular in Indonesia, the United States, and Australia, while Meteor is more popular in Germany, Canada, and Russia.

Indonesia

United States

Germany

Australia

Canada

France

Singapore

United Kingdom

Brazil

Netherlands

Awards

⭐ 7th most popular in Indonesia in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🔥 20th most popular in the United States in the Frontend Frameworks category.

⬆️ 26th most popular in the United States in the Frontend Frameworks category.
⬆️ 28th most popular in the United States in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Cordova is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and entertainment, while Meteor is more commonly used on education and reference, real estate, and Internet services sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Real Estate

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Games

Sports