🆚 Nuxt vs. Yii Framework

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Nuxt is twice as popular as Yii Framework.
🌍 Nuxt is more popular in Germany, Japan, and China.
🌎 Yii Framework is more popular in the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Nuxt

Yii Framework

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.

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

nuxt.com #6,651

yiiframework.com #472,542

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Nuxt frontend framework is 1.6 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.

Nuxt is more popular in Germany, Japan, and China, while Yii Framework is more popular in the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

United States

Russia

United Kingdom

Germany

Japan

Netherlands

China

France

Australia

Switzerland

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 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.

Nuxt is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Yii Framework is more commonly used on education and reference, non-profit, advocacy and NGO, and art, culture and heritage sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Travel

Finance/Banking

Software/Hardware

Blogs/Wiki