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As of 4 November 2026, Spring Boot leads backend frameworks with 4,174 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of ASP.NET at 3,338.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Spring Boot · 4,174
Runner-up
ASP.NET · 3,338
Most hiring, 90 days
Spring Boot
Highest postings per company
Spring Boot
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
39,010companies across the category
11%of them on Spring Boot
98,902postings naming a backend framework in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every backend framework we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Spring BootBroadcom
4,174
20,0784.8
2
ASP.NETMicrosoft
3,338
7,5552.3
3
FastAPI
3,305
8,2052.5
4
Spring FrameworkBroadcom
3,122
10,9553.5
5
DjangoDjango Software Foundation
2,758
5,5722.0
6
LaravelLaravel
2,091
4,3412.1
7
Express.jsOpenJS Foundation
1,937
3,4261.8
8
FlaskPallets
1,848
4,2232.3
9
HibernateRed Hat
1,843
4,6372.5
10
Entity FrameworkMicrosoft
1,274
2,4902.0
11
Ruby on RailsRails Core Team
1,273
3,3192.6
12
NestJSNestJS
1,247
2,0731.7
13
SymfonySensioLabs
882
1,6491.9
14
Jakarta PersistenceEclipse Foundation
871
1,9222.2
15
JavaServer PagesEclipse Foundation
587
9701.7
16
JDBCOracle
580
1,3522.3
17
PrismaPrisma
560
1,3582.4
18
Spring MVCVMware (Broadcom)
529
1,1062.1
19
Windows Communication FoundationMicrosoft
526
9381.8
20
Entity Framework CoreMicrosoft
521
1,0332.0
21
Classic ASPMicrosoft
473
8471.8
22
Spring SecurityVMware (Broadcom)
449
1,1342.5
23
CodeIgniterCodeIgniter Foundation
418
5271.3
24
SQLAlchemySQLAlchemy
404
6271.6
25
Java ServletOracle
363
5711.6
26
Spring CloudBroadcom (VMware Tanzu)
356
1,0212.9
27
Apache StrutsApache Software Foundation
329
5501.7
28
QuarkusRed Hat
281
8293.0
29
Jakarta Server FacesEclipse Foundation
273
5682.1
30
Django REST FrameworkEncode
257
4361.7
31
Spring DataBroadcom (VMware Tanzu)
257
6572.6
32
Enterprise JavaBeansOracle
241
3311.4
33
RazorMicrosoft
238
4341.8
34
PhoenixPhoenix framework
228
7043.1
35
ADO.NETMicrosoft
220
3211.5
36
FastifyFastify
199
5002.5
37
ASP.NET Web FormsMicrosoft
197
2381.2
38
Zend FrameworkLaminas Project
189
6123.2
39
ASP.NET Web APIMicrosoft
186
2931.6
40
Spring BatchBroadcom (VMware Tanzu)
186
5002.7
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Spring Boot vs ASP.NET4,174 · 3,338Spring Boot vs FastAPI4,174 · 3,305Spring Boot vs Spring Framework4,174 · 3,122Spring Boot vs Django4,174 · 2,758Spring Boot vs Laravel4,174 · 2,091ASP.NET vs FastAPI3,338 · 3,305ASP.NET vs Spring Framework3,338 · 3,122ASP.NET vs Django3,338 · 2,758ASP.NET vs Laravel3,338 · 2,091FastAPI vs Spring Framework3,305 · 3,122FastAPI vs Django3,305 · 2,758FastAPI vs Laravel3,305 · 2,091Spring Framework vs Django3,122 · 2,758Spring Framework vs Laravel3,122 · 2,091Django vs Laravel2,758 · 2,091
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Spring Boot leads backend frameworks with 4,174 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of ASP.NET at 3,338. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/backend-frameworks)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

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How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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