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Pick up to four tools and compare adoption, momentum and maintenance at a glance. The crown marks the leader in each row.

Simple, lightweight web framework for Java and Kotlin focused on REST APIs.

Opinionated, auto-configured Spring apps; the dominant Java backend stack, now on Spring Framework 7.

Kubernetes-native Java stack from Red Hat with fast startup, low memory and GraalVM native images.

Compile-time DI and AOP framework for low-overhead microservices and serverless functions.

Head to head

Metric	Javalin	Spring Boot	Quarkus	Micronaut
Stars	8.4k	81.8k	16k	6.4k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	72/100	90/100	77/100	70/100
Forks	658	43.5k	3.4k	1.2k
Open issues	35	485	2.9k	685
Last commit	1w ago	5d ago	2d ago	1w ago
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
First released	2017	2012	2018	2018
Signals	None	Popular	None	None
Listed in	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks

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Simple, lightweight web framework for Java and Kotlin focused on REST APIs.

Opinionated, auto-configured Spring apps; the dominant Java backend stack, now on Spring Framework 7.

Kubernetes-native Java stack from Red Hat with fast startup, low memory and GraalVM native images.

Compile-time DI and AOP framework for low-overhead microservices and serverless functions.

Metric	Javalin	Spring Boot	Quarkus	Micronaut
Stars	8.4k	81.8k	16k	6.4k
Weekly downloads	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Download growth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Popularity score	72/100	90/100	77/100	70/100
Forks	658	43.5k	3.4k	1.2k
Open issues	35	485	2.9k	685
Last commit	1w ago	5d ago	2d ago	1w ago
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
First released	2017	2012	2018	2018
Signals	None	Popular	None	None
Listed in	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks	Backend › Java & Kotlin Frameworks

No download history for the selected tools.