🆚 Fat-Free Framework vs. Flow

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Backend framework
Backend framework

About

Fat-Free Framework (F3) is a lightweight PHP micro-framework designed for rapid development of web applications and APIs.

It offers a high-performance URL routing system, a multi-protocol caching engine, built-in support for multilingual applications, a fast template engine, and integrates with multiple databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB, and its own flat-file database called Jig.

Flow, formerly known as TYPO3 Flow or FLOW3, is a PHP web application framework focused on Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and clean code principles.

It offers a modular architecture, a powerful templating engine called Fluid, supports Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP), and provides transparent object persistence.

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Backend Frameworks › Rank #34
Backend Frameworks › Rank #27

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Flow backend framework is 3 times more popular than Fat-Free Framework.
Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Flow is more popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, while Fat-Free Framework is more popular in Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Poland
United Kingdom
United States
Denmark
Belgium
France
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Flow is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Fat-Free Framework is more commonly used on entertainment, blogs and wiki, and games sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Travel
Entertainment
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Public Information
Health
Real Estate

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#18,241
#43,761
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Name
Rank
#3,502
#6,031
#11,729
#29,590
#31,138
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See also

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