🆚 Next.js vs. Yii Framework

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Next.js is four times more popular than Yii Framework.
🌎 Next.js is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Yii Framework is more popular in Russia, Belgium, and Ukraine.

Next.js

Yii Framework

Type

Frontend framework

Backend framework

About

Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications that offers server-side rendering, static site generation, file-based routing, and built-in API routes.

It also supports incremental static regeneration (ISR) to update static pages without full rebuilds, automatic image optimization, fast refresh during development, and built-in TypeScript support.

Yii is an open-source, object-oriented, component-based MVC PHP web application framework.

It includes an implementation of the Active Record design pattern for database interaction, RESTful API support, multi-tier caching, role-based access control, and Gii, a code generation tool.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

nextjs.org #64,544

yiiframework.com #472,542

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Next.js frontend framework is 4 times more popular than Yii Framework.

Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Next.js is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Yii Framework is more popular in Russia, Belgium, and Ukraine.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Russia

India

Netherlands

France

Brazil

Australia

Japan

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Finland in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Iceland in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Estonia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Mongolia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Isle of Man in the Backend Frameworks category.

🥈 Second most popular in Ukraine in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥈 Second most popular in Kazakhstan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Belgium in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Uzbekistan in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Next.js is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Yii Framework is more commonly used on non-profit, advocacy and NGO sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Entertainment

General News

Finance/Banking

Software/Hardware