Django AlternativesWeb Frameworks and other similar apps like Django

Django is described as 'High-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel' and is a very popular Web Framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Django for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Django alternative is Laravel, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Django are Ruby on Rails, Symfony, FastAPI and ASP.NET.

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  1. Laravel icon
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    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

    49 Laravel alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
    • Laravel is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Django.

    • Laravel is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Django.

    • Laravel is Free and Open SourceDjango is also Free and Open Source
  2. Ruby on Rails icon
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    Open source full-stack framework written in Ruby, leveraging MVC pattern, Active Record ORM, and convention over configuration. Enables rapid development, code scaffolding, secure defaults, asset management, database migration support, and easy integration with other tools.

    44 Ruby on Rails alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Ruby
     
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    Rails and Django both arrived on the scene at roughly the same time. Rails made with Ruby, Django with Python. Both were extracted from real projects (Rails from Basecamp, Django from Newspaper websites). Both are an excellent choice, but I prefer Rails mainly for the community.

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    • Most users think Ruby on Rails is a great Django alternative.

    • Ruby on Rails is Free and Open SourceDjango is also Free and Open Source
  3. Symfony icon
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    Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components and a PHP framework to build web applications, APIs, microservices and web services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
    • BSD
     
  4. FastAPI icon
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    FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.

    22 FastAPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. ASP.NET icon
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    Asp.net is an open source server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages, web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You can also create Web APIs, mobile sites, use real-time technologies like Web Sockets and more!

    52 ASP.NET alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Flask Framework icon
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    Flask is a lightweight web application framework written in Python and based on the Werkzeug WSGI toolkit and Jinja2 template engine. There is no database abstraction layer, form validation, or any other components where third-party libraries already exist to provide common...

    20 Flask Framework alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Python
     
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    rdch106
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    Powerful with less overload (it is microframework)

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    • Most users think Flask Framework is a great Django alternative.

    • Flask Framework is the most popular Web-based alternative to Django.

    • Flask Framework is Free and Open SourceDjango is also Free and Open Source
    • Flask Framework is LightweightDjango is not according to our users
  7. CodeIgniter icon
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    CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Zend Framework icon
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    Extending the art & spirit of PHP, Zend Framework is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase. Zend Framework is focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Jmix icon
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    Jmix provides powerful full stack architecture along with Rapid Application Development tools for easy start and fast development of modern business web applications.

    50 Jmix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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    CUBA Platform is very powerful, well thought out by the creators. It offers the developer a great amount of features out of the box. It is ideal for business web apps

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Jmix is Freemium and Open SourceDjango is Free and Open Source
    • Jmix is CustomizableDjango is not according to our users
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    Build rich, interactive web applications quickly, with less code and fewer moving parts. Join our growing community of developers using Phoenix to craft APIs, HTML5 apps and more, for fun or at scale.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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    Play Framework is an open-source web application framework which follows the model–view–controller architectural pattern. It is written in Scala and usable from other programming languages that are compiled to JVM Bytecode, e.g. Java.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  12. Pyramid icon
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    Pyramid is an open source web framework written in Python and is based on WSGI. It is a minimalistic web framework inspired by Zope, Pylons and Django.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Python
     
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    Comments about Pyramid as an Alternative to Django
    scrat
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    written in python, simple and scalable and it is newer

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    • Pyramid is Free and Open SourceDjango is also Free and Open Source
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