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Backend Framework Tools

The backend framework tools we detect on new sites, ranked by how many use each. Part of Other.

Tools tracked
140
in Other
Sites
217,731
using at least one backend framework tool
Leader
46%
Express, of these sites
Above 1%
6
tools on more than 1% of them

What we found

  1. Express leads, on 46% of the sites using a backend framework tool, 1.8 times as many sites as Laravel.
  2. Only 6 of the 140 backend framework tools we track run on more than 1% of these sites.
  3. Among sites launched in September, Roda rose to #12 from #53 in August.

The leading backend framework tools

# Movement Tool Country Share Bar Sites 90 days
1 – Express Express / Connect Node.js framework,. 46% 100,500
2 – Laravel Opinionated PHP web framework with built-in ORM (Eloquent), queues, and Blade templating. 26% 56,401
3 – ASP.NET Microsoft ASP.NET / ASP.NET Core 17% 37,607
4 – Rails Ruby on Rails: convention-over-configuration server-side framework written in Ruby. 6.2% 13,457
5 – Laravel Livewire Full-stack framework for building dynamic interfaces in Laravel without leaving PHP. 5.0% 10,925
6 – Django Python web framework with batteries-included ORM, admin, and templating. 1.9% 4,126
7 ▲2 Adobe ColdFusion Web application server and programming language. 0.8% 1,699
8 ▼1 Yii High-performance PHP framework for rapid web application development. 0.6% 1,240
9 ▼1 Phoenix Elixir web framework built on the BEAM VM, known for high concurrency and LiveView server-rendered UI. 0.5% 1,022
10 – CodeIgniter PHP MVC web application framework. 0.3% 744
11 ▲41 Roda Routing tree web toolkit for building Ruby web applications. 0.2% 449
12 – ThinkPHP Open-source PHP web application framework widely used in China. 0.2% 429
13 ▼2 Streamlit Python framework for building data and ML web apps, often used for internal dashboards and demos. 0.1% 252
14 ▼1 CakePHP Open source PHP web application framework built on the model-view-controller pattern. <0.1% 176
15 ▼4 Filament Server-driven UI and admin panel toolkit for the Laravel PHP framework. <0.1% 156

Share is of the 217,731 sites using a backend framework tool; a site can use more than one. Arrows compare each tool's rank among sites launched in September with August. The line is its share of new sites over 90 days. Showing the top 15 of 140.

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Recently launched products using backend framework tools

Product Launched
JuicySMS 19 Oct 2026
TmpMailer 19 Oct 2026
Schnyders Dice Of Fire 19 Oct 2026
ORYN Analyst 19 Oct 2026
Creator Yard: AI digital product builder 19 Oct 2026
NutriMeter 19 Oct 2026

Often built with

Other kinds of tool most often found on the same sites, leaving out the plumbing every site has (DNS, CDN, hosting).