🆚 Node.js vs. Ruby on Rails

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Node.js is twice as popular as Ruby on Rails.
🌎 Node.js is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌎 Ruby on Rails is more popular in Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand.

Node.js

Ruby on Rails

Type

Platform

Backend framework

About

Node.js is a cross-platform, open-source JavaScript runtime environment that is popular for developing server-side JavaScript applications.

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack framework that includes everything needed to build database-driven web applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

It emphasizes a standardized folder structure and naming, follows DRY ("don't repeat yourself") and the "convention over configuration" principles, provides an Active Record ORM, a built-in asset pipeline for CSS and JavaScript preprocessing, and an integrated testing framework.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

nodejs.org #24,192

rubyonrails.org #180,446

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Node.js platform is 1.6 times more popular than Ruby on Rails.

Total websites

Market share

Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Node.js is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Ruby on Rails is more popular in Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

India

Australia

France

Netherlands

Japan

Italy

Canada

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in France in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the Platforms category.

🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in New Zealand in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Node.js is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Ruby on Rails is more commonly used on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and real estate sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Travel

Sports