Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Play Framework

Play Framework

An open source web framework which follows the model-view-controller architecture. It is light-weight, web-friendly, and stateless. It provides minimal overhead for highly-scalable applications.

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The top open-source alternatives to Play Framework are Django, Adonis JS, and ExpressJS. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Django Landing Page
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Django

The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Python Web Framework #Python MVC Framework #Web Frameworks 14 social mentions
Adonis JS Landing Page
2

Adonis JS

AdonisJs is a Node.js web framework with breath of fresh air and drizzle of elegant syntax on top of it
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework #Javascript Web Framework 70 social mentions
ExpressJS Landing Page
3

ExpressJS

Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JavaScript Framework #Node.js Framework #Web Frameworks 425 social mentions
Grails Landing Page
4

Grails

An Open Source, full stack, web application framework for the JVM
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 5 social mentions
Laravel Landing Page
5

Laravel

A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #PHP Framework 194 social mentions
Vaadin Framework Landing Page
6

Vaadin Framework

Vaadin is a web application framework for Rich Internet Applications (RIA).
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 33 social mentions
Apache Wicket Landing Page
7

Apache Wicket

HelloWorld demonstrates the basic structure of a web application in Wicket. A Label component is used to display a message on the home page for the application. In all the Wicket examples, you have to put all files in the same package directory.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 9 social mentions
Ruby on Rails Landing Page
8

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is an open source full-stack web application framework for the Ruby programming...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #Frameworks (Full Stack) 117 social mentions
FastAPI Landing Page
9

FastAPI

FastAPI is an Open Source, modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Developer Tools #API Tools #Python Programming 233 social mentions
Yii Framework Landing Page
10

Yii Framework

Yii is a high-performance component-based PHP framework best for Web 2.0 development.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Framework #PHP MVC Framework #Web Frameworks
Spring Framework Landing Page
11

Spring Framework

The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 11 social mentions
CodeIgniter Landing Page
12

CodeIgniter

A Fully Baked PHP Framework
Pricing:
- Open Source
#PHP Web Framework #Web Frameworks #Frameworks (Full Stack) 8 social mentions