Most Popular Web Frameworks and Libraries 2025

About This Dataset

Web development frameworks and libraries ranked by developer usage and community adoption in 2025, based on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey and GitHub stars. React continues to dominate frontend development, while Node.js leads server-side JavaScript. AI-assisted data.

✨ AI Insight

The dominance of React and Node.js in the web development ecosystem is striking, with Node.js achieving a solid 42.7% usage among developers, compared to React's 40.6%. This indicates a strong preference for JavaScript-based solutions, particularly for full-stack development. Meanwhile, the gap between the top frameworks and their competitors, such as Vue.js (18.3%) and Angular (17.1%), suggests a significant divide in community adoption and support. The relatively low usage of frameworks like Laravel (10.1%) and Django (9.4%) may reflect a shift towards JavaScript-centric development, which is increasingly favored for its versatility and performance. As developers continue to embrace modern tooling, the trend hints at a growing reliance on frameworks that facilitate rapid development and integration with emerging technologies.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Node.js leads with 43 in 2025.

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Average value in 2025: 21 · median: 18.

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Gap in 2025: Node.js is 4.8× larger than Spring Boot.