Koa Alternatives

Koa is described as 'Expressive middleware for node.js using generators via co to make web applications and APIs more enjoyable to write. Koa's middleware flow in a stack-like manner allowing you to perform actions downstream, then filter and manipulate the response upstream' and is a Web Framework in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Koa for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Koa alternative is Supabase, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Koa are Django, Angular, Firebase and Ruby on Rails.

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    DOMtastic

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    Small & fast DOM and event library for modern browsers. Having the same familiar API as jQuery (but without the extra "weight" of modules like $.ajax, $.animate, and $.Deferred), it works great stand-alone or paired up with e.g. Backbone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Pylons Framework

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    Pylons Framework is an open source Web application framework written in Python. It makes extensive use of the Web Server Gateway Interface standard to promote reusability and to separate functionality into distinct modules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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    Thorax

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    An opinionated, battle-tested Backbone + Handlebars framework to build large scale web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Koseven

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    Koseven is an elegant, open source, and object oriented HMVC framework built using PHP7, by a team of volunteers. It aims to be swift, secure, and small. Forked from Kohana and updated to work with PHP7.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    server.js

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    Flexible and powerful server for Node.js. It uses socket.io and supports ES7+ for modern async/await to avoid callback hell.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
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    Bitweaver

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    Bitweaver is a free and open source web application framework and content management system. Its speed and power are ideal for large-scale community websites and corporate applications, but it is simple enough for non-technical small site users to set up and administrate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
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    Flexible Datasync

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    Flexible DataSync is a BAAS with a complete client framework. Developers can build real-time applications and communication services and deploy them easily

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Buffalo

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    Put the fun back in writing Go web applications! A Ruby on Rails inspired, idiomatic, web framework written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Laravel Lumen

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    Lumen is the stunningly fast micro-framework by Laravel. Use the Laravel features you love like Eloquent, caching, queues, validation, routing, middleware, and the powerful Laravel service container. All with almost zero configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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    Trails.js

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    Take the path less traveled. Or don't. With Trails, there's no cargo cult. Your team can use the design patterns and existing Node modules they already know. The capability of the framework itself is up to you, the developer, by choosing precisely the modules you need to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
     
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    Kuzzle

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    Kuzzle is a high performance open source, on premise and cloud agnostic backend for IoT and modern apps featuring CRUD, real-time notifications, authentication, geofencing, a full featured cluster mode and more.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    AmplifyJS

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    AmplifyJS is a set of components designed to solve common web application problems with a simplistic API. Amplify's goal is to simplify all forms of data handling by providing a unified API for various data sources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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