Derby Alternatives

Derby is described as 'MVC framework making it easy to write realtime, collaborative applications that run in both Node.js and browsers' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Derby for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Derby alternative is jQuery, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Derby are Angular, Meteor, Express and ember.js.

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  1. jQuery icon
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    jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.

    42 jQuery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • jQuery
     
    • jQuery is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Derby.

    • jQuery is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Derby.

    • jQuery is Free and Open SourceDerby is also Free and Open Source
  2. Angular icon
     112 likes
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    Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
     
    • Angular is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Derby.

    • Angular is Free and Open SourceDerby is also Free and Open Source
  3. Meteor icon
     49 likes
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    Meteor is a set of new technologies for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time. It is built around Smart Packages: little bundles of code that can run on a client, inside a cloud service, or both, and that can manage their lifetime inside the modern distributed...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Express icon
     28 likes
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    Express is a minimal yet robust Node.js web application framework, providing extensive HTTP utilities and middleware for rapid API creation. Its thin and adaptable architecture ensures simplicity while retaining Node.js core features, making it ideal for scalable apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  5. ember.js icon
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    You can write less code with Ember's Handlebars integrated templates that update automatically when the underlying data changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
    • ember.js is the most popular Web-based alternative to Derby.

    • ember.js is Free and Open SourceDerby is also Free and Open Source
  6. Backbone.js icon
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    Backbone supplies structure to JavaScript-heavy applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing application over a RESTful...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. KnockoutJS icon
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    Knockout is a JavaScript library that helps you to create rich, responsive display and editor user interfaces with a clean underlying data model. Any time you have sections of UI that update dynamically (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. FeathersJS icon
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    Feathers is a real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  9. Polymer icon
     30 likes
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    Polymer is a library that uses the latest web technologies to let you create custom HTML elements. Build anything from a button to a complete application as an encapsulated, reusable element that works across desktop and mobile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Fastify icon
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    An efficient server implies a lower cost of the infrastructure, a better responsiveness under load and happy users. How can you efficiently handle the resources of your server, knowing that you are serving the highest number of requests possible, without sacrificing security...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
  11. Opa icon
     10 likes
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    Opa is an open source, simple and unified platform for writing web applications. All aspects are directly written in Opa: Frontend code, backend code, database queries and configuration. And everything is strongly statically typed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Zepto.js icon
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    Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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