🆚 Knockout vs. Riot

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Frontend framework
Frontend framework

About

Knockout is a JavaScript MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) library that helps developers create rich, desktop-like user interfaces with JavaScript and HTML.

It features declarative bindings between data and UI, observable properties with automatic dependency tracking, computed observables, a built-in templating system, and efficient incremental DOM updates.

Riot.js is a lightweight, component-based user interface library that uses custom tags to create reactive user interfaces, functioning as a minimalist alternative to larger frameworks like React or Vue.

It focuses primarily on the view layer and state management, allowing developers to build dynamic applications using a clear, tag-based HTML syntax.

Headquarters

Zurich, Switzerland

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Frontend Frameworks › Rank #7
Frontend Frameworks › Rank #22
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #77
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #247

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Knockout frontend framework is 27 times more popular than Riot.
Total websites

Market share

Frontend Frameworks
JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Knockout is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Riot is more popular in Japan.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
France
Italy
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Knockout is more popular than Riot in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Sports
Fashion/Beauty
Software/Hardware
Real Estate
Health
Education/Reference
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#2,435
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Rank
#7,600
#11,663
#13,056
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See also

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