Micro alternatives and similar modules

Based on the "Web Frameworks" category.
Alternatively, view Micro alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.

Next.js

10.0 10.0 L5 Micro VS Next.js

The React Framework
Express

9.9 8.9 L5 Micro VS Express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

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Nest

9.9 10.0 Micro VS Nest

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀
Nuxt.js

9.8 8.0 L5 Micro VS Nuxt.js

DISCONTINUED. Nuxt is an intuitive and extendable way to create type-safe, performant and production-grade full-stack web apps and websites with Vue 3. [Moved to: https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt]
Meteor

9.8 9.9 L2 Micro VS Meteor

Meteor, the JavaScript App Platform
Koa

9.6 8.4 L4 Micro VS Koa

Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions
fastify

9.6 9.7 Micro VS fastify

Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js
SailsJS

9.4 6.3 L4 Micro VS SailsJS

Realtime MVC Framework for Node.js
egg

9.1 7.5 Micro VS egg

🥚🥚🥚🥚 Born to build better enterprise frameworks and apps with Node.js & Koa
AdonisJs Framework

9.0 7.9 L4 Micro VS AdonisJs Framework

AdonisJS is a TypeScript-first web framework for building web apps and API servers. It comes with support for testing, modern tooling, an ecosystem of official packages, and more.
verdaccio

9.0 9.7 Micro VS verdaccio

A lightweight Node.js private proxy registry
Hapi

8.9 6.9 L4 Micro VS Hapi

The Simple, Secure Framework Developers Trust
Feathers

8.8 7.3 L5 Micro VS Feathers

The API and real-time application framework
Restify

8.5 0.0 L4 Micro VS Restify

The future of Node.js REST development
Encore

8.3 9.7 Micro VS Encore

Open Source Development Platform for building robust type-safe distributed systems with declarative infrastructure
TypeGraphQL

8.1 6.9 Micro VS TypeGraphQL

Create GraphQL schema and resolvers with TypeScript, using classes and decorators!
Quick Start

8.1 9.4 Micro VS Quick Start

🍔 A Node.js Serverless Framework for front-end/full-stack developers. Build the application for next decade. Works on AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud and traditional VM/Container. Super easy integrate with React and Vue. 🌈
MERN

7.9 0.0 L5 Micro VS MERN

⛔️ DEPRECATED - Boilerplate for getting started with MERN stack
Moleculer

7.8 7.1 Micro VS Moleculer

:rocket: Progressive microservices framework for Node.js
LoopBack

7.7 9.7 Micro VS LoopBack

LoopBack makes it easy to build modern API applications that require complex integrations.
ThinkJS

7.6 0.0 L2 Micro VS ThinkJS

Use full ES2015+ features to develop Node.js applications, Support TypeScript.
Derby

7.3 9.1 L5 Micro VS Derby

MVC framework making it easy to write realtime, collaborative applications that run in both Node.js and browsers
Node.js framework

7.3 3.1 Micro VS Node.js framework

Node.js framework
NestJS REST API boilerplate

7.2 9.6 Micro VS NestJS REST API boilerplate

NestJS boilerplate. Auth, TypeORM, Mongoose, Postgres, MongoDB, Mailing, I18N, Docker.
Nodal

7.1 0.0 L4 Micro VS Nodal

API Services Made Easy With Node.js
seneca

7.0 5.6 L2 Micro VS seneca

A microservices toolkit for Node.js.
tinyhttp

6.4 8.2 Micro VS tinyhttp

🦄 0-legacy, tiny & fast web framework as a replacement of Express
ActionHero

6.3 7.3 L3 Micro VS ActionHero

Actionhero is a realtime multi-transport nodejs API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks
sqs-consumer

6.1 7.8 L5 Micro VS sqs-consumer

Build Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) based applications without the boilerplate
Lad

6.1 0.0 Micro VS Lad

Node.js framework made by a former @expressjs TC and @koajs team member. Built for @forwardemail, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.
FoalTS

5.9 8.6 Micro VS FoalTS

Full-featured Node.js framework 🚀
Marble.js

5.9 2.4 Micro VS Marble.js

Marble.js - functional reactive Node.js framework for building server-side applications, based on TypeScript and RxJS.
Trails

5.6 0.0 L5 Micro VS Trails

:evergreen_tree: Modern Web Application Framework for Node.js.
modern-errors

5.4 9.1 Micro VS modern-errors

Handle errors in a simple, stable, consistent way
lychee.js

5.1 0.0 L4 Micro VS lychee.js

DISCONTINUED. :seedling: Next-Gen AI-Assisted Isomorphic Application Engine for Embedded, Console, Mobile, Server and Desktop
Hemera

4.9 0.0 Micro VS Hemera

🔬 Writing reliable & fault-tolerant microservices in Node.js https://hemerajs.github.io/hemera/
Catberry

4.8 1.8 L4 Micro VS Catberry

Catberry is an isomorphic framework for building universal front-end apps using components, Flux architecture and progressive rendering.
elm

4.7 0.0 Micro VS elm

DISCONTINUED. A delightful language for reliable webapps.
Interfake

4.7 0.0 L4 Micro VS Interfake

:computer: Fake APIs for prototypes & automated tests.
dawson-cli

4.6 0.0 L4 Micro VS dawson-cli

DISCONTINUED. A serverless web framework for Node.js on AWS (CloudFormation, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda)
AdonisJs Application

4.2 0.0 Micro VS AdonisJs Application

DISCONTINUED. This repo is the pre-configured project structure to be used for creating ambitious web servers using AdonisJs.
sqs-producer

3.4 5.2 L5 Micro VS sqs-producer

Simple scaffolding for applications that produce SQS messages
Perk

2.8 0.0 L5 Micro VS Perk

A well documented set of tools for building node web applications.
Zeronode

2.2 0.0 Micro VS Zeronode

Zeronode - minimal building block for NodeJS microservices
Restberry

2.1 0.0 L5 Micro VS Restberry

Framework for setting up RESTful JSON APIs with NodeJS.
QueryQL

2.1 5.9 Micro VS QueryQL

Easily add filtering, sorting, and pagination to your Node.js REST API through your old friend: the query string!
FortJs

1.9 8.8 Micro VS FortJs

A feature-rich Node.js web framework designed for building powerful, scalable, and maintainable web applications.
express-version-route

1.8 0.0 Micro VS express-version-route

A Node.js express middleware that implements API versioning for route controllers
Prim+RPC

1.7 0.0 Micro VS Prim+RPC

Easy-to-understand, type-safe, transport-agnostic RPC/IPC for JavaScript, supporting callbacks, batching, file handling, custom serialization, and more.
@last9/openapm

1.4 9.2 Micro VS @last9/openapm

APM for NodeJS using Prometheus