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24 alternatives to AdonisJS

A fully featured web framework for Node.js

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. AdonisJS launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    MVC Framework for NodeJs to write webapps with less code

    2016 · adonisjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn AdonisJs by building a production-ready application

    2018 · dotgrey.io · its alternatives →

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    Open SaaS▲505

    Open-source & 100% free React & Node.js SaaS starter

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Powerful server for Node.js that just works so you can focus on your awesome project

    2017 · serverjs.io · its alternatives →

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    NestJS▲149

    A progressive Node.js framework 🚀

    2018 · nestjs.com · its alternatives →

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    AdminJS▲81

    Open source admin panel for your Node.js application

    2022 · adminjs.co · its alternatives →

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    Build full stack apps better and faster than everyone else

    2022 · serverless.com · its alternatives →

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    Bedrock▲257

    Full-stack Next.js & GraphQL boilerplate for SaaS products

    2021 · bedrock.mxstbr.com · its alternatives →

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    Drogon: A C++14/17/20 based HTTP web application framework running on Linux/macOS/Unix/Windows - drogonframework/drogon

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12YA

    About a year ago, I stumbled upon a new Nodejs language called "Imba", I found this language to be interesting and it seemed like it had a lot of potential. Doing a bit of digging, I realized no one had created a framework for it, so what did a normal dev do? Well, a normal dev went ahead and created another Nodejs Framework, only this time it was meant for Imba. So what did I create? I created a batteries included Framework heavily inspired by Laravel but it runs on Nodejs, and uses Imba as the default language, but you can actually use TypeScript or JavaScript. In fact, when creating a new…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Secure, easy, and scalable admin panel generator for Node.js

    2022 · forest.app · its alternatives →

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    TL;DR: dagger.js is a buildless, runtime-only micro-framework that plays nicely with native Web Components. It uses HTML-first directives (e.g. +click, +load) so you can ship a page by dropping a single from a CDN—no bundlers, no compile step. Why I built it Modern stacks are powerful but often heavy: bundlers, compile steps, framework DSLs, local CLIs. For internal tools, small apps, and edge/serverless deployments, I wanted something you can view-source, paste into a page, and ship. What it is: Runtime-only: no build or VDOM compile; hydrate behaviors directly on HTML. HTML…

    2025 · daggerjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Leafjs▲81

    A lightweight web-components based frontend framework

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    An open source admin user interface for your MongoDB

    2017 · adminmongo.markmoffat.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17TJ

    Hi HN, I built Titan, a backend framework where you write routes and logic in JavaScript, and the CLI compiles everything into a single Rust + Axum binary using the Boa JS engine. No Node.js is required in production. The idea is to keep JS developer experience while getting Rust performance and a self-contained deployable server. Current features: JS route DSL Action system mapped to Rust esbuild bundling Generated Rust server with Axum Hot-reload dev server Single-binary output Repo: https://github.com/ezet-galaxy/-ezetgalaxy-titan Would love feedback on the…

    Dec 2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    We're excited to announce Lowdefy V4, a full-stack web framework built on top of Next.js that simplifies building web applications, internal tools, admin panels, BI dashboards, and CRUD apps using YAML or JSON configuration files. New in V4: Next.js: Lowdefy now runs on top of the Next.js framework. All of Auth.js: App auth is now handled by Auth.js supported providers, adapters and callbacks and events, easy to configure, but all of which can be customized. Plugin extensibility: Apps can now be extended with any npm or pnpm workspace plugins. Our story: We have developed a simple…

    2021 · lowdefy.com · its alternatives →

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    Serverless SaaS Boilerplate for building faster with Next.js and Node.js on AWS. React SaaS Starter kit with Express.js including authentication, payment and teams.

    2021 · nextlessjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Rapid application development framework for Node.js - allcount/allcountjs

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight boilerplate for a universal webapp based on koa, mongodb, node, vue, and webpack - yunhan0/koa-vue-fullstack

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pure JavaScript, Pure Performance, Simply Elegant.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A collection of web projects made with AdonisJs

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Neo.mjs is a self-evolving software organism: a professional end-to-end AI engineering team whose cross-model swarm inhabits live apps via Neural Link, Active Hybrid GraphRAG, DreamService, and self-healing loops. - neo/README.md at dev · neomjs/neo

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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