Comparison of web application frameworks

This is a comparison of notable web application frameworks.

Contents 1 General 1.1 Perl 1.2 PHP 1.3 Java 1.4 Python 1.5 Ruby 1.6 CFML (ColdFusion) 1.7 ASP.NET 1.8 Other 2 Comparison of Features 2.1 ASP.NET 2.2 C++ 2.3 CFML 2.4 Python 2.5 Java 2.6 PHP 2.7 Ruby 2.8 Others 3 References 4 See also

General

Basic information about each framework.

Perl

Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License
Catalyst	5.90007	2011-11-22	Artistic / GPL
Dancer	1.3091	2011-12-17	Artistic / GPL
Interchange	5.6.3	2010-03-24	GPL
Mason	2.15	2011-11-27	Artistic / GPL
Maypole	2.13	2008-04-17	Artistic / GPL
Mojolicious	2.40	2011-12-24	Artistic
Reaction	0.002005	2011-03-08	Artistic / GPL

PHP

Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License
Agavi	1.0.6	2011-07-23	LGPL
Agile Toolkit	4.1.3	2011-10-25	AGPL and commercial
Alloy	0.7.2	2011-04-12	BSD
AppFlower	1.0	2011-03-30	GPLv3
CakePHP	2.0.4	2011-10-16[1]	MIT
CodeIgniter	2.1.0	2011-11-14	2.x:Propietary 3.x:OSL
DooPHP	1.4.1	2011-02-23[2]	BSD
e107	0.7.26	2011-09-14	GPL
Horde	4.0	2011-04-05[3]	LGPL
Kajona	3.4.0	2011-06-19	LGPL
Kohana	3.2	2011-07-24[4]	BSD
Lithium	0.10	2011-06-18	BSD
Modx	2.1.0	2011-05-24[5]	GPL
Movicon	1.0	2011-12-09[6]	LGPL
Outglow	2.1.6	2011-06-05[7]	GPL
Openbiz_Cubi	0.5.0	2011-10-26[8]	BSD
PRADO	3.1.10	2011-07-28[9]	Revised BSD
Qcodo	0.4.20	2010-12-24[10]	MIT
Rain Framework	2.3.1	2011-05-03	MIT
Sapphire	2.4.5	2011-02-02	BSD
Seagull	0.6.8	2010-12-03	BSD
Solar	1.1.2	2011-02-04	BSD
Symfony	2.0.6	2011-11-16	MIT
Yii	1.1.9	2012-01-01	BSD
Zend Framework	1.11.10	2011-08-03[11]	BSD
Zeta Components (previously eZ Components)	eZ Components 2009.2.1	2010-03-22[12]	Apache (previously BSD)
Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License

Java

Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License
Apache Tapestry	5.3.0	2011-11-23	Apache
Apache Wicket	1.5.3	2011-11-14	Apache
AppFuse	2.1	2011-04-04	Apache
Aranea	1.2.2	2009-06-18	Apache
Context Framework	0.8.4	2011-08-23	Apache
Eclipse RAP	1.4.1	2011-09-23	Eclipse Public License
FormEngine	2.0	2011-10-20	MIT / Proprietary
Grails	2.0.0	2011-12-15	Apache
Google Web Toolkit	2.4.0	2011-09-08	Apache
Hamlets	1.7	2011-03-11	BSD
IceFaces	2.0.2	2011-05-13	Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL)
ItsNat	1.2	2011-05-24	LGPL / Proprietary
JavaServer Faces	2.1	2010-10-22	(implementation dependent)
JBoss Seam	3.0.0 GA	2011-03-31	LGPL
Jspx-bay	1.1.0	2011-02-17	Apache 2.0
JVx WebUI	0.9	2011-04-01	Apache 2.0
ManyDesigns Portofino	3.1.10	2011-03-22	GPL v3
OpenLaszlo	4.9.0	2010-10-21	Common Public License
OpenXava	4.3	2011-12-14	LGPL
Oracle ADF	11.1.1.5	2011-05-06	Oracle Technology Network Developer License
Play!	1.2.4	2011-12-02	Apache 2.0
Richfaces	4.1.0.M1	2011-08-16	GPL
RIFE	1.6.1	2007-07-14	CDDL, LGPL
*SCOOTER*	1.2	2011-11-25	LGPL
Apache Shale	1.0.4	2007-12-19	Apache
Apache Sling	6	2011-04-18	Apache 2.0
SmartClient	8.0	2011-01-05	LGPL
Spring	3.0.6	2011-08-23	Apache
Stripes	1.5.6	2011-03-14	Apache
ThinWire	1.2	2007-09-17	GPL
Vaadin	6.7.3	2011-12-12	Apache
Wavemaker	6.3.3	2011-09-22	Apache
WebObjects	5.4.3	2008-09-15	Proprietary
WebWork	2.2.6	2007-07-21	Apache
ZK	5.0.9	2011-10-18	LGPL / ZOL
ztemplates	2.4.0	2011-09-11	Apache

Python

Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License
BlueBream	1.0	2011-01-18	ZPL
CherryPy	3.2.0	2011-02-25	BSD
CubicWeb	3.12.3[13]	2011-05-06	LGPL
Django	1.3	2011-03-23[14]	BSD
Flask	0.8	2011-09-29[15]	BSD
Grok	1.4	2011-04-04	ZPL
Nagare	0.3.0	2010-12-14	BSD
Plone		2010-07-14	GPL
Pyjamas	0.7	2010-04-25	Apache
Pylons	1.0.0	2010-05-28	BSD
Pyramid	1.2.0	2011-09-12	BSD
TurboGears	2.1.2	2011-08-24	MIT / LGPL
web2py	1.99.2	2011-06-26[16]	LGPLv3
Webware	1.0.2	2009-06-07	Python License
Zope 2	2.13.6	2011-04-03[17]	ZPL
Zope 3	3.4.1	2010-06-22	ZPL

Ruby

Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License
Camping	2.1	2010-08-20	MIT
Ruby on Rails	3.1.1	2011-10-07	MIT / Ruby
Ramaze	2011.07.25	2011-07-25	Ruby
Sinatra	1.3.1	2011-10-05	MIT
Merb	1.1.2	2010-06-17	MIT
Nitro	0.41	2006-12-12	BSD
Monkeybars	1.0.4	2008-07-04	MIT
PureMVC Framework for Ruby	2.0.4	2008-08-14	CC +Attention

CFML (ColdFusion)

Project	Current Stable Version	Release Date	License
ColdBox Platform	3.5.0 Beta	2011-22-28	Apache v2
WireBox	1.3.0	2011-11-28	Apache v2
ColdFusion on Wheels	1.1.7	2011-12-14	Apache v2
ColdSpring	1.2	2008-09-12	Apache v2
Fusebox	5.5.1	2008-03-08	Apache
FW/1	1.2	2010-10-18	Apache v2
Mach-II	1.8.1	2010-09-20	GPLv3 with Classpath exception
Model-Glue	3.1.185	2009-08-11	Apache
onTap	3.3	2009-11-07	BSD

ASP.NET

Project	Current Stable Version	Language	License
ASP.NET MVC	3.0	ASP.NET	Ms-PL
BFC	7.40	ASP.NET	Proprietary
Csla	4.1.0	C#, VB.NET	Proprietary; Free to use for non-commercial and commercial applications.
DotNetNuke	6.0.0	ASP.NET	MIT
MonoRail	2.0	ASP.NET	Apache
OpenRasta	2.0 RC	ASP.NET	MIT
Nancy	0.9.0	C#	MIT
Project	Current Stable Version	Language	License

Other

Project	Current Stable Version	Language	License
AIDA/Web	6.3	Smalltalk	MIT
Application Express	4.1	PL/SQL	Proprietary-Freeware
BinaryTiers	2.4.2	C++	Apache License
CppCMS	0.0.4	C++	LGPL
Tntnet	2.0	C++	LGPL
Flex	4.0	ActionScript, MXML	MPL
Grails	1.3.7	Groovy (JVM)	Apache
Helma	1.6.3	JavaScript	Helma License version 2.0
Kepler	1.1	Lua	MIT
Lift	2.2	Scala (JVM)	Apache
Midgard	8.09 LTS	PHP	LGPL
Morfik	2.3.0.6	Basic,Pascal,Java,C#	Proprietary&freeware
Ocsigen	1.91	OCaml	LGPL
OpenACS	5.4.3	Tcl	GPL
qooxdoo	1.2	JavaScript	LGPL or Eclipse Public License
Seaside	3.0	Smalltalk	MIT
SproutCore	2.0 BETA	JavaScript	MIT
Compojure	0.3.2	Clojure	Eclipse Public License
Wavemaker	4.0.2	JavaScript	AGPL
Wt	3.1.11	C++	GPL and commercial
Zotonic	0.7	Erlang	Apache
Project	Current Stable Version	Language	License

Comparison of Features

ASP.NET

Project	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)
ASP.NET MVC	Yes	Yes	Push		ORM-independent	Unit Tests		ASP.NET Forms Auth	pluggable (default is Razor)	Yes	Yes (client-side via plugins)
BFC	Yes	Not mandatory	Push & Pull	Yes	through active data dictionary	Unit Tests	SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MySQL	security groups and rules	Yes	metadata and result sets	data dictionary-driven
DotNetNuke	Yes	No	Pull	Yes	SubSonic, NHibernate	Unit Tests	Yes	ACL-based (OpenID, LiveID, Active Directory, LDAP, CardSpace, ASP.NET Forms Auth)	Yes	Pluggable	ASP.NET Validators, built-in API
MonoRail	Prototype	Active record pattern	Push	Yes	Active record pattern	Unit Tests		via ASP.NET Forms Authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenRasta	No	Yes	Push	Yes	ORM-independent	Unit Tests	No	HTTP Digest and via ASP.NET Forms Authentication or host environment	Yes	No	No

C++

Project	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)
CppCMS	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	CppDB	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wt	Yes	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Wt::Dbo	Boost.test		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tntnet	Yes	No	No	Yes	Tntdb	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
TreeFrog Framework	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	SqlObject		No	Yes	Yes		Yes
BinaryTiers	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

CFML

Project	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)
ColdBox Platform	Yes	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Yes	via MockBox, MXUnit, and others	via Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	via Plugin
ColdFusion on Wheels	Yes	Yes		via Plugin jLingua	Yes	Yes integrated RocketUnit	via Plugin	Yes		via Plugin	Yes
Fusebox	via CF or any JavaScript Library	optional	Push	No, custom	via lexicons for Transfer and Reactor	via MXUnit, and others	No	via plugins		via lexicon for ColdSpring	No
Mach-II	via CF or any JavaScript Library	Yes	Push	via plugin	Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate	via MXUnit, and others		via plugins		ColdSpring
Model-Glue	via CF or any JavaScript Library	Yes	Push		Transfer, Reactor, Hibernate	via MXUnit, and others		via plugins		ColdSpring
onTap	native features + Prototype + script.aculo.us	optional	Push	Yes	DataFaucet [3]	via MXUnit, and others	DataFaucet has potential - supports multiple db platforms	Members onTap Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Project	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)

Python

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)	Python 3.*
CherryPy	Python	Yes	controller & URL dispatching		Yes	ORM agnostic	use stdlib's unittest and doctest	depends on ORM		Templating engine agnostic	Yes	Form validation engine agnostic	Yes
Grok	Python	Yes	Yes	Pull	Yes	OODBMS called ZODB, SQLAlchemy, Storm	Unit Tests, Functional Tests	ZODB Generations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pyjamas	Python, JavaScript	Yes	Use PureMVC Python version (compiled to JavaScript)		Yes	???, no direct data access		No					No
Pylons	Python	helpers for Prototype and script.aculo.us	controller	Push	Yes	ORM-agnostic	via nose	depends on ORM		pluggable (Mako, genshi, myghty, kid, etc.)	Beaker cache (memory, memcached, file, databases)	preferred formencode	No
Pyramid	Python	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	ORM-agnostic	Yes	depends on ORM	Yes	pluggable ((Chameleon, Genshi), (Mako); others may be plugged in)	Beaker cache (memory, memcached, file, databases)	preferred formencode	Yes
Django	Python	Django uses jquery in the admin, but is js-agnostic in the user templates	Full Stack	Push	Yes	Django ORM	Yes	reusable applications which might get merged into core e.g. South	ACL-based	Django Template Language	Cache Framework	Django Forms API	No
TurboGears	Python	Toolkit-independent, provides support via JSON	Full stack, best-of-breed based	Push	Yes	SQLAlchemy	nose	SQLAlchemy-Migrate	Repoze.what & Repoze.who	Genshi, additional plugins available	Support for memcached, and any WSGI compliant system	ToscaWidgets, utilizing FormEncode	No
web2py	Python	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Webware	Python	No	Optional	Pull	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Zope 3	Python	via add-on products, e.g. Plone w/KSS	Yes	Pull	Yes	ZODB, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy	Unit Tests, Functional Tests	ZODB generations	ACL-based	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Zope 2	Python		Yes	Pull	Yes	ZODB, SQLObject, SQLAlchemy	Unit Tests		ACL-based	Yes	Yes	CMFFormController	No

Java

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)
Spring	Java	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	Hibernate, iBatis, etc	Yes, mock objects & unit tests		Spring Security (formerly Acegi)	JSP, Commons Tiles, Velocity, Thymeleaf, etc.	ehcache etc.	Commons Validator
Apache Click	Java	JQuery	Page Oriented	Pull	Yes	Hibernate and Cayenne	Yes		pluggable	Velocity and JSP	Cached Templates	Built-in validation
Apache Sling	Java	Yes	Yes	Push & Pull		Uses JCR content repository			Yes	Yes	Yes
Apache Struts	Java	Yes	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Yes	Unit Tests			Yes		Yes
Apache Wicket	Java	Yes, extensions for YUI, ExtJS and more	Modular event driven	Pull	Yes	Yes, with extensions	Yes, mock objects, unit and integration tests through an extension		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aranea	Java	Yes		Pull	Yes	Yes				mapping-applications using contributions from users to advantage
FormEngine	Java	Yes			Yes	own connector API						AJAX validation on server and form state update
ItsNat	Java	Yes	event driven	Push	using Java i18n		external and built-in		pluggable	pure HTML/SVG	page caching	normal Java
JavaServer Faces	Java	Yes	Yes	Pull	Yes	Yes, with extensions	JUnit		Yes	Facelets, JSP	Yes	Native validators and integration with Bean Validation
JBoss Seam	Java	Yes	Yes	Pull	Yes	JPA, Hibernate	JUnit, TestNG		JAAS integration, Drools, Hibernate Filters, OpenID, CAPTCHA	Facelets	JBoss Cache, EHcache	Hibernate Validator
Jspx-bay	Java	Yes	Page oriented			Own API			JAAS integration	Master/Content Pages		Yes, Internal UI validation controls
JVx WebUI	Java	Yes	Model Driven		Yes	Yes, pluggable	JUnit		Yes	Single sourcing		Yes, pluggable
OpenXava	Java	Yes	Model Driven		Yes	JPA, Hibernate and EJB2 CMP	JUnit	Hibernate tools	uses JSR-168 portal security	UI is automatically generated	uses portal and JPA caching	Yes
Play	Java	Yes	Yes	Push and Pull	Yes	JPA, Hibernate	JUnit, Selenium (Software)	Yes	via Core Security module	Yes	Yes	Server-side validation
RIFE	Java	DWR	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Yes	Out of container testing		Yes	Yes	Integration with Terracotta	Yes
Stripes	Java	Yes	Yes	Pull	Yes	JPA, Hibernate	Yes		framework extension	Yes		Yes
Apache Tapestry	Java	Yes	Yes	Pull	Yes	integrated with Hibernate (tapestry-hibernate module)			tapestry5-acegi library	Yes		built-in validation system
Vaadin	Java	GWT		Pull	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes
Wavemaker	JavaScript (client), Java (server)	Dojo Toolkit	Yes	Push	Dojo Toolkit	Hibernate (Java)	JUnit	Hibernate (Java)	Spring Security, Acegi, Role-based access control	Dojo Toolkit	Dojo Toolkit	Regular expression, schema-driven validation
WebObjects	Java	Yes	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	EOF	WOUnit (JUnit), TestNG, Selenium	in Project WONDER		Yes	Yes	Yes
ztemplates	Java JDK 1.5 or newer	integrates YUI, Google etc. with annotations	Yes	Push, multiple actions per URL	standard Java	use any J2EE ORM framework	Unit Tests		annotation based	Velocity, FreeMarker, JSP, others pluggable		AJAX validation on server and form state update (YUI, JSON)
Google Web Toolkit	Java, JavaScript	Yes			Yes	JPA with RequestFactory	JUnit (too early), jsUnit (too difficult), Selenium (best)	via Java	Yes
ZK	Java, ZUML	JQuery	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	any J2EE ORM framework	JUnit,ZTL	HibernateUtil & SpringUtil	Spring Security	Macro components & Composition	Yes	client and server
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)

PHP

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)	Scaffolding
AppFlower	PHP 5	Yes, ExtJS	Yes	Push	Yes	Propel	Yes	Plugin exists	Plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Agile Toolkit	PHP 5.2	API to jQuery UI	Yes	Pull	Mostly	DSQL	Yes	Yes	Plugin	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
CakePHP	PHP 5.2+	Prototype/script.aculo.us, jQuery/jQuery UI, MooTools/MooTools more	Yes	Push	Yes	Active record pattern (CakePHP 1.x), Data Mapper Pattern (CakePHP 2.x)	Unit Tests, Object Mocking, Fixtures, Code Coverage, Memory Analysis with SimpleTest and XDebug PHPUnit ( cakephp 2.0)	Yes	ACL-based	Themes, Layouts, Views and Elements	Memcache, XCache, APC, File	Validation and Security	Yes
CodeIgniter	PHP >= 5.1	Any, its agnostic	Yes	Push	Mostly[18]	Third party only	Ready for next release	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drupal	PHP	jQuery/jQuery UI, more	PAC	N/A	Yes	Optional module	SimpleTest	Yes	Yes	Yes	Memcache, APC, Varnish and more	Yes	No
Zeta Components (previously eZ Components)	PHP	Toolkit-independent	Yes	Push	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Fusebox	PHP	Yes	Not mandatory	Push	No, custom				Multiple plugins available			via qforms or built in PHP validation	Yes
FuelPHP	PHP >= 5.3.x	Yes	MVC, HMVC	Push	Yes	Yes	PHPUnit	Yes	Yes, Plugins available	Yes, Plugins available	File, Redis, Memcache and more	Yes	Yes
Joomla! Platform	PHP >= 5.3.x	Yes Mootools 1.3	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Yes	Unit Tests	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kajona	PHP 5	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unit Tests	Automatic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kohana	PHP 5	Yes	MVC, HMVC	Push	Yes	Yes	PHPUnit, (as module)	Yes	Plugin	Yes	APC, Database, eAccelerator, File, Memcache, XCache	Yes	No
Midgard	PHP	jQuery	MidCOM	Pull	Yes	Midgard	PHPUnit	datagard	ACL-based	PHP and TAL	Memcache	Yes	No
Movicon	PHP	No	Yes	Push	Yes	No	Unit Tests	No	Yes	Yes	File	No	No
Openbiz_Cubi	PHP >= 5.1	Jquery, Jquery UI/Mobile, Prototype, script.aculo.us	Yes	Yes	Yes	DAO, XML-based		Yes	ACL, RBAC, Group	Smarty, PHP template	File, Memcache, APC	Yes	Yes
Outglow	PHP 5	jQuery, jQuery UI, OJAX	Bridges	Push	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Custom	Yes	Yes	No
Qcodo	PHP 5	built-in	QControl	Push	Yes	XML-based		Inherent		QForm and QControl	Yes	Yes	No
Rain Framework	PHP 5	jQuery	Yes	Push	Yes				sanitize input, output and query	RainTPL	Yes	Yes	No
Symfony	PHP 5	Prototype, script.aculo.us, Unobtrusive Ajax with UJS and PJS plugins	Yes	Push	Yes	Propel, Doctrine (YAML)	Yes	Plugin exists (alpha code)	Plugin	PHP and Twig	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yii	PHP 5 (>=5.1.0)	jQuery, jQuery UI, own components, plugins	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Database Access Objects (DAO), Active Record, plugins	PHPUnit, Selenium	Yes	ACL-based, RBAC-based, plugins	PHP-based, PRADO-like, plugins	APC, Database, eAccelerator, File, Memcache, WinCache, XCache, Zend Platform	Yes	Yes[19]
ZanPHP	PHP 5 (>=5.1.X)	jQuery	MVC & HMVC	Push & Pull	Yes	ActiveRecord	PHPUnit	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Zend Framework	PHP 5 (>=5.2.4)	Toolkit-independent	Yes	Push & Pull	Yes	Table and Row data gateway	Unit Tests	Yes	ACL-based	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SilverStripe (Sapphire)	PHP 5 (>=5.2)	jQuery/jQuery UI		Push & Pull	Yes	Active record pattern	Unit Tests	(Automatic)	incl. OpenID		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)	Scaffolding

Ruby

Project	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)
Camping	No	Yes	Push	No	Active record pattern	via Mosquito	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Nitro	jQuery	Yes	Push	Yes	Og	RSpec	(automatic)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ruby on Rails	Prototype, script.aculo.us, jQuery	ActiveRecord, Action Pack	Push	Yes	ActiveRecord	Unit Tests, Functional Tests and Integration Tests	Yes	Plug-in	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sinatra	No	Yes	Push	No	ORM-independent	rack-test	Yes	through a Rack middleware	Yes	through a Rack middleware	No

Others

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)
AIDA/Web	Smalltalk	Yes	Yes		Yes	Gemstone/S, GLORP, etc.	SUnit		Yes			Yes
Application Express	PL/SQL	Yes			Yes			Yes	Yes			Yes
Catalyst	Perl	Toolkit-independent (REST & JSON support, specific plugins for Prototype etc.)	Yes	Push in its most common usage	Yes	DBIx::Class, Rose::DB::Object, etc.	It supports perl testing standards, Test Anything Protocol (TAP)		ACL-based, external engines, etc.	Template::Toolkit, HTML::Template, HTML::Mason, PHP and any existing Perl template engine	Cache, Memcached, shared memory, etc.	HTML::FormHandler HTML::FormFu, HTML::FormValidator, etc.
Dancer	Perl	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes	DBIx::Class, ORMesque	Yes			Template::Toolkit, HTML::Mason, Text::MicroTemplate, any existing Perl template engine	Cache, Memcached, shared memory, etc.	DataFu, any existing Perl form validation software
Flex	Actionscript, MXML	Not by name but similar technology[20]					FlexUnit
Grails	Groovy	Yes	Active record pattern	Push	Yes	GORM, Hibernate	Unit Test, Integration test, Functional test	multiple plugins(autobase, dbmigrate, etc.)	Spring Security plugin	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kepler	Lua		Yes
Lift	Scala	Yes	Yes	Pull	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Myna (FlightPath)	JavaScript	Yes	Yes	Push	Yes, via model labels	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ocsigen	OCaml	Yes									Yes	Yes
OpenACS	Tcl	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
qooxdoo	JavaScript	Yes	Data binding		i18n		Testrunner					Form Validation
Seaside	Smalltalk	jQuery, jQuery UI, Prototype, script.aculo.us, etc.	Yes		Yes	GLORP, Gemstone/S, etc.	Unit Tests, SUnit			No, intentionally		Magritte
SproutCore	JavaScript	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)

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5. ^ http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,64823.0.html
6. ^ http://movicon.ath.cx/news/movicon-10
7. ^ http://code.google.com/p/outglow/downloads/list
8. ^ http://code.google.com/p/openbiz-cubi/
9. ^ http://www.pradosoft.com/
10. ^ http://www.qcodo.com/forums/forum.php/5/4305/
11. ^ [1]
12. ^ [2]
13. ^ http://www.cubicweb.org/project/cubicweb/3.12.3
14. ^ http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2011/mar/23/13/
15. ^ http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/changelog/
16. ^ http://web2py.com/examples/default/download
17. ^ http://zope2.zope.org/releases
18. ^ Language helper included, must activate & set desired language by parsing HTTP headers.{http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/language.html}
19. ^ http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/blog/1.1/en/prototype.scaffold
20. ^ URLRequest

See also

• Web application framework, Content management systems and List of content management frameworks
• PHP MVC Frameworks
• Java: View Technologies and Frameworks
• Comparison of common web frameworks (PHP, Java, Ruby etc.)
• Tony Shan, Taxonomy of Java Web Application Frameworks
• Open Source Web Frameworks in Java
• Open Source Web Frameworks in Python
• Top 10 Web Frameworks in php