🆚 Nuxt vs. Ruby on Rails

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Ruby on Rails is five times more popular than Nuxt.
🌎 Ruby on Rails is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Nuxt is more popular in China, Russia, and Ukraine.

Nuxt

Ruby on Rails

Type

Frontend framework

Backend framework

About

Nuxt is an open-source framework based on Vue.js that enables developers to build full-stack web applications and websites using conventions like file-based routing, automatic component imports, and type-safe support out of the box.

It offers multiple rendering modes (server-side rendering, static-site generation, or hybrid), built-in tools for SEO through meta tags and universal data fetching, a rich module ecosystem with over 200 modules, and minimal configuration needed for deployment across platforms.

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

nuxt.com #6,651

rubyonrails.org #180,446

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Ruby on Rails backend framework is 5 times more popular than Nuxt.

Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Ruby on Rails is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Nuxt is more popular in China, Russia, and Ukraine.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Japan

Australia

India

Netherlands

Canada

France

Italy

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Cambodia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in China in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Hong Kong in the Frontend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Kazakhstan in the Frontend Frameworks 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.

Ruby on Rails is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty, while Nuxt is more commonly used on general news, finance and banking, and health sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Business

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Sports

Software/Hardware