🆚 Hypernova vs. Sails

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Backend framework
Backend framework

About

Hypernova is a legacy open source service from Airbnb that renders JavaScript views on the server to deliver HTML for better page load and search engine indexing.

Sails is an enterprise-grade MVC framework for Node.js designed to build data-driven APIs and realtime web applications.

It includes the Waterline ORM for working with multiple databases, auto-generated REST endpoints via blueprints, front-end agnosticism, WebSocket support out of the box, and reusable security policies.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Austin, Texas, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Backend Frameworks › Rank #33
Backend Frameworks › Rank #37
Legacy › Rank #68

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Hypernova backend framework is 1.5 times more popular than Sails.
Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Hypernova is more popular in Poland, Portugal, and the United States, while Sails is more popular in Japan, France, and Singapore.
Poland
Japan
Portugal
United States
France
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Slovakia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Hypernova is more popular among sites focused on public information, online shopping, and restaurants, while Sails is more commonly used on business, Internet services, and education and reference sites.
Public Information
Online Shopping
Business
Restaurants
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Fashion/Beauty
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#6,269
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Name
Rank
#33,345
#33,913
#119,879
#120,893
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See also

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