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24 alternatives to FeathersJS

A truly open source, community driven Meteor alternative

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FeathersJS launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1MA
   Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework▲1,386

   2012 · meteor.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Meteor▲107

   Platform for building web apps in a fraction of the time

   2014 · meteor.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   WhitestormJS▲89

   🚀 3D Framework for developing web apps with physics.

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Meteor 1.0▲226

   Build apps faster than you ever thought possible

   2014 · meteor.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   NotebookJS▲109

   Scientific computation for JavaScript

   2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Discover Meteor – What Is Meteor?▲86

   What makes the Meteor JavaScript framework so special?

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Meteor Pad▲91

   Easiest way to try out Meteor.js

   2014 · meteorpad.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Feathery.io Free▲100

   Host your JS application, now FREE to get started

   2019 · app.feathery.io · its alternatives →

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   Telescope, an open-source social news app built with Meteor▲222

   2012 · telesc.pe · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Feather CMS▲142

    A modern content management system on top of Swift & Vapor.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Meatier▲79

    A meteor alternative. Like meteor, but meatier

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Telescope▲147

    Open-source HN clone built with Meteor

    2013 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Wing Playground▲253

    Iterate on cloud apps in milliseconds, not minutes

    2024 · winglang.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    AtmosphereJs▲8

    The best way to discover reliable Meteor packages!

    2016 · atmospherejs.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Kinase▲159

    A framework for building web scrapers for Chrome

    2017 · b12.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Meteor Kitchen▲8

    A code generator for Meteor.js

    2016 · meteorkitchen.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Whitestorm.JS▲86

    Modern WebGL engine based on Three.js technology

    2016 · whitestormjs.xyz · its alternatives →

18. 18
    PlayJS▲138

    Playground JavaScript web, now with superpowers

    2023 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Discover Meteor - 4: Reactivity▲81

    Learn all about reactivity inside Meteor apps

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Reactive - 14: Wizards Of The Browser▲55

    Node packages, CSS Wizardry, RxJS Observables & Wombats

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Umbrella JS, a 2.5kb jQuery alternative▲132

    :umbrella: Lightweight javascript library for DOM manipulation and events

    2018 · umbrellajs.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Discover Meteor - 5: Collections▲65

    Understanding Meteor Collections

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    NW.js▲77

    A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

    2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Helios▲66

    An extensible open-source mobile backend framework

    2014 · globalli.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →