Comparison of server-side web frameworks

This is a comparison of web application frameworks.

General

Basic general information about the features

Comparison of Features

Project	Language	Ajax	MVC framework	MVC Push/Pull	i18n & l10n?	ORM	Testing framework(s)	DB migration framework(s)	Security Framework(s)	Template Framework(s)	Caching Framework(s)	Form Validation Framework(s)
Agavi	PHP		Yes	Push	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Apache Struts	Java	Yes		Push	Yes	Yes	Yes, Unit Tests			Yes, Jakarta Tiles framework		Yes, Jakarta Validator framework
Andromeda	PHP	Yes			Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes		Yes
Aranea MVC	Java	Yes		Pull	Yes	Yes
CakePHP	PHP	Yes, Prototype, script.aculo.us	ActiveRecord	Push	Yes, Development branch	Yes, ActiveRecord	Yes, Unit Tests	Yes	Yes, ACL-based	Yes	Yes, Development branch	Yes
Camping	Ruby	No	Yes	Push	No	Yes, ActiveRecord	Yes, via Mosquito	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Catalyst	Perl	Yes, multiple (Prototype, Dojo...)	Yes	Push in its most common usage	Yes	Yes, multiple (DBIx::Class, Rose::DB...)	Yes		Yes, multiple (ACL-based, external engines...)	Yes, multiple (Template::Toolkit, HTML::Template, HTML::Mason...)	Yes, multiple (Memcached, TurckMM, shared memory,...)	Yes, multiple (HTML::FormValidator,...)
CodeIgniter	PHP	No	Yes, Modified ActiveRecord	Push	Yes	No	Yes, Unit Tests	No	Yes	Yes, Smarty	Yes	Yes
ColdBox	ColdFusion	Yes, via CF or any JavaScript Library	Yes	Push	Yes provided by framework	Yes Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate, ObjectBreeze	Yes, Integrated into Core Framework, CFUnit, CFCUnit	No	Yes, via plugin or interceptors	Yes	Yes, ColdBox Internal Caching Engine, and via ColdSpring	Yes, via cf validation or custom interceptors
Django	Python	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, Django ORM, SQLAlchemy	Yes	No	Yes, ACL-based	Yes	Yes	Yes
DotNetNuke	.NET	Yes		Pull	Yes	Yes, SubSonic, NHibernate
Fusebox	ColdFusion, PHP	Yes	Yes, but not mandatory	Push	No, custom	Yes, via lexicons for Transfer and Reactor	Yes, CFUnit, CFCUnit		Yes, multiple plugins available		Yes, via lexicon for ColdSpring	Yes, via qforms or built in cf validation
Grails	Groovy	Yes	ActiveRecord	Push	Yes	Yes, GORM, Hibernate	Yes, Unit Test	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
InterJinn	PHP	Yes	Yes	Push & Pull	No, custom	No				Yes, TemplateJinn	Yes	Yes, FormJinn
JBoss Seam	Java	Yes		Pull	Yes	Yes, Hibernate	Yes, JUnit, TestNG		Yes, JAAS integration	Yes, Facelets		Yes, Hibernate Validator
Jifty	Perl	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, Jifty::DBI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, Mason, Template::Declare	Yes, Memcached	Yes
Kumbia	PHP5	Yes	Yes	x	x	ActiveRecord	x	Yes	Yes	Yes, Smarty	Yes, Memcached	Yes
Mach-II	ColdFusion	Yes, via CF or any JavaScript Library	Yes	Push	Yes, via custom plugin	Yes Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate	Yes, CFUnit, CFCUnit		Yes, via plugin		Yes, ColdSpring
Model-Glue::Unity	ColdFusion	Yes, via CF or any JavaScript Library	Yes	Push	Yes, via custom plugin	Yes Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate	Yes, CFUnit, CFCUnit		Yes, via plugin		Yes, Coldspring	Yes
MonoRail	.NET	Yes, Prototype	ActiveRecord	Push	Yes	Yes, ActiveRecord	Yes, Unit Tests		Yes, via ASP.NET Forms Authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nitro	Ruby	Yes, jQuery	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, Og	Yes, RSpec	Yes (automatic)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PHPulse	PHP	Yes,	Yes,	Push	Yes,	Yes,	Yes, Unit Tests		Yes, ACL-based	Yes, Smarty	Yes, multiple (Memcached, TurckMM, shared memory,...)	Yes
Pylons	Python	Yes, helpers for Prototype and script.aculo.us	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy	Yes, via nose			Yes, pluggable (mako, genshi, mighty, kid, ...)	Yes, Beaker cache (memory, memcached, file, databases)	Yes, preferred formencode
Qcodo	PHP5	Yes, built-in	Yes, QControl	Push	Yes	Yes, Code Generation-based				Yes, QForm and QControl	Yes	Yes
RIFE	Java	Yes, DWR (Java)	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Yes	Yes, Out of container testing		Yes	Yes	Yes, Integration with Terracotta	Yes
Ruby on Rails	Ruby	Yes, Prototype, script.aculo.us	ActiveRecord, Action Pack	Push	Yes, Localization Plug-in	Yes, ActiveRecord	Yes, Unit Tests, Functional Tests and Integration Tests	Yes	Yes, Plug-in	Yes	Yes	Yes
Seaside	Smalltalk	Yes, Prototype, script.aculo.us			Yes	Yes, GLORP, Gemstone/S, ...
Stripes	Java	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, Hibernate	Yes		Yes, framework extension	Yes		Yes
Symfony	PHP5	Yes, Prototype, script.aculo.us, Unobtrusive Ajax with UJS and PJS plugins	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, Propel, Doctrine	Yes	Plugin exists (alpha code, though)	Yes, plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tigermouse	PHP5	Yes, it is mostly Ajax-only framework	Yes, ActiveRecord	Push	Yes	Yes, ActiveRecord	No	No, Multiple RBMSes and access libraries supported	Yes, through intercepting filters (ACL-based, customizable)	Yes	No	Yes
TurboGears	Python	Yes			Yes	Yes, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy
WebLEAF	Java	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes Hibernate, EJB			Yes, extensible through custom interfaces	Yes XSLT, FreeMarker
WebObjects	Java	Yes			Yes	Yes, EOF
Zend Framework	PHP5 (>=5.1.4)	Yes, various libraries	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes, Table and Row data gateway	Yes, Unit Tests	Yes	Yes, ACL-based	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zope2	Python		Yes	Pull	Yes	Yes, native OODBMS called ZODB, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy	Yes, Unit Tests		Yes, ACL-based	Yes	Yes	Yes, CMFFormController
Zope3	Python	Yes, via add-on products, e.g. Plone w/KSS	Yes	Pull	Yes	Yes, native OODBMS called ZODB, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy	Yes, Unit Tests, Functional Tests	Yes, ZODB generations	Yes, ACL-based	Yes	Yes	Yes
Project	Language	Ajax	MVC framework	MVC Push/Pull	i18n & l10n?	ORM	Testing framework(s)	DB migration framework(s)	Security Framework(s)	Template Framework(s)	Caching Framework(s)	Form Validation Framework(s)

See Also

• List of web application frameworks
• Web application frameworks