What is the best alternative to React?

By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to React are Next.js, Alpine.js, Nextra, Nuxt, Vue. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.

How many alternatives to React are there?

Site Stats Database tracks 17 other javascript frameworks used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. React itself is used by 5,276 websites.

Which JavaScript framework has the most websites?

Next.js leads this category with 31,757 websites in our catalog.

Where does this data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.

React Alternatives & Competitors

Last updated July 1, 2026 · refreshes automatically as new data lands.

Looking for an alternative to React? Site Stats Database tracks 17 other javascript frameworks; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. React itself is used by 5,276 websites. Back to React.

JS Framework	Websites	Share	Median DR	Median traffic	Compare
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The top React alternatives in depth

Next.js

#1 in JavaScript Frameworks · 31,757 websites

Next.js is a React framework for server-rendered and statically generated web apps, maintained by Vercel. It adds routing, rendering, and build tooling on top of React, and has become the default choice for many production React sites. You will see it across startups, marketing sites, and large apps alike.

31,757

Websites

39.2%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

5,651

Median traffic

Top sites using Next.js

yahoo.com weather.com mayoclinic.org walmart.com mlb.com

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Alpine.js

#2 in JavaScript Frameworks · 9,870 websites

Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework for adding behavior directly in markup.

9,870

Websites

12.2%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

11,716

Median traffic

Top sites using Alpine.js

worldometers.info bankrate.com pcmag.com mashable.com

Nextra

#3 in JavaScript Frameworks · 9,022 websites

Nextra is a Next.js-based framework for documentation and content sites.

9,022

Websites

11.1%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

2,470

Median traffic

Top sites using Nextra

kay.com wiki.gg jared.com rotowire.com

Nuxt

#4 in JavaScript Frameworks · 5,960 websites

Nuxt is a framework built on Vue for server-rendered and static sites.

5,960

Websites

7.4%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

4,757

Median traffic

Top sites using Nuxt

tvguide.com foxsports.com yourdictionary.com foxweather.com

Vue

#6 in JavaScript Frameworks · 5,038 websites

Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. It is known for a gentle learning curve and incremental adoption, so teams can add it to a page or build a whole app. It is especially popular in Asia and among smaller teams.

5,038

Websites

6.2%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

7,003

Median traffic

Top sites using Vue

oanda.com movoto.com americanpregnancy.org

Astro

#7 in JavaScript Frameworks · 3,632 websites

Astro is a web framework for content-driven sites that ships zero JavaScript by default.

3,632

Websites

4.5%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

3,452

Median traffic

Top sites using Astro

statmuse.com ikea.com nerdwallet.com worldpopulationreview.com

Angular

#8 in JavaScript Frameworks · 3,238 websites

Angular is a TypeScript-based web application framework maintained by Google. It is a full, opinionated platform with routing, forms, and dependency injection built in, aimed at large applications. It is common in enterprise and internal-tool development.

3,238

Websites

4.0%

Share of JS Framework

Median DR

5,795

Median traffic

Top sites using Angular