On a server
Combine filters →Server rendering means a process on the host builds each page when a visitor requests it, usually reading from a database or another source at that moment. Content changes show up at once, and pages can differ per user. The host has to run the software’s runtime, and often a database, around the clock. A record holds this value when its documentation describes serving pages rendered on request. Traditional CMSs and web frameworks are the usual holders.
54 projects render on a server, listed alphabetically. Mostly web frameworks, content management systems and site and docs generators, of 8 categories in all. 140 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way. For 371 the question does not apply. Counts only projects with momentum; the full list has the rest.
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AnalogFull-stack meta-framework for building Angular applications and websites, with Vite builds and Nitro server integrations.
AngularTypeScript-based web application framework with client-side, server-side and prerendered rendering.
- Apache Struts
Apache Struts is an open-source MVC framework for building Java web applications.
- Apache Wicket
Component-based Java web framework that keeps behavior in Java classes and markup in plain HTML.
AstroWeb framework for content-driven websites that prerenders pages to static HTML and can render routes on demand.
B
- Blazor
Web UI framework for building interactive web apps with C# and Razor components, shipped as part of ASP.NET Core.
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CodeIgniterPHP MVC web framework with a small footprint and few configuration requirements.
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EverShopOpen-source TypeScript e-commerce platform built on Node.js and PostgreSQL, with a GraphQL API and React storefront and admin.
Expo RouterFile-based router for universal React Native apps that run on Android, iOS and the web, part of the open-source Expo platform.
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G
- Gophenberg
Plugin-first CMS with a Go backend, a React admin built on the Gutenberg block editor and optional Astro themes, backed by PostgreSQL.
GoshtosoGo UI component library of templ components for server-rendered web applications.
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HologramElixir full-stack web framework whose client-side code runs in the browser as Elixir, compiled to JavaScript.
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Inertia.jsAdapter protocol and client libraries for building single-page React, Vue and Svelte apps on top of server-side routing.
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- KahunaCart
E-commerce plugin for the Grav CMS that adds a catalog, checkout, payments, shipping and customer accounts.
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LaravelPHP web application framework with routing, an ORM, templating, queues and scheduled jobs.
LeptosRust framework for building reactive web applications, client-side or full-stack with server rendering and server functions.
- Lightning Web Components
UI framework for building custom elements (web components) with HTML, JavaScript and CSS, maintained by Salesforce.
LowdefyConfig-first web framework that builds business apps and internal tools from YAML configuration, served by a Node.js server.
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MagnoliaMagnolia is a Java digital experience platform for managing and delivering web content, with a Community Edition under GPLv3 and a licensed DX Core.
MarkoHTML-based language and runtime for building web applications and user interfaces, with the Marko Run application framework.
microfeedSelf-hosted content management system for podcasts, blogs, photos, documents and links, running on Cloudflare Workers with D1 and R2 storage.
Movable TypeCommercial publishing and blogging system from Six Apart that publishes static pages, dynamic pages or both from templates.
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Next.jsReact framework for building full-stack web applications, with routing, rendering and data fetching.
NuxtVue-based framework for building server-rendered, static and hybrid websites and web apps.
- Nuxt Content
File-based content module for Nuxt that queries Markdown, YAML, CSV and JSON files from a Vue application.
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- Ocsigen Eliom
OCaml framework for building client and server web and mobile applications as a single program.
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PayloadTypeScript framework that runs inside a Next.js app and generates an admin panel, database schema and REST, GraphQL and local APIs from one config, used as a headless CMS or application backend.
PimcoreOpen-core PHP platform for product experience management, combining PIM, DAM, CMS and digital commerce modules.
PushwordSymfony-based content management system for websites, with Markdown or database content and an optional static export.
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R
React RouterRouter for React whose framework mode adds server rendering, static pre-rendering and data loading for building full-stack web apps.
ReflexPython library for building full-stack web apps, with the frontend compiled to React and the backend run as a Python server.
RemixFull-stack web framework built on Web APIs that combines routing, data, UI and asset compilation in one stack.
Ruby on RailsRuby web application framework with an ORM, routing, ERB views, background jobs and built-in deployment tooling.
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SolidStartFull-stack application framework for Solid, built on Vite.
Spring BootJava framework for building stand-alone Spring applications with an embedded web server and auto-configuration.
StarlightDocumentation theme and integration for the Astro framework that builds documentation websites from Markdown, Markdoc and MDX.
StatamicLaravel-based content management system that stores content in flat files or a database, with a control panel and optional static site generation.
StreamlitPython framework that turns scripts into interactive web apps for data work.
SvelteKitSvelte-based framework for building web applications with server rendering, prerendering and client-side rendering.
SymfonyPHP full-stack web framework built from a set of reusable, standalone components.
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TanStack StartFull-stack framework for React and Solid, powered by TanStack Router, for server-rendered, static and client-only web apps.
- Topcoat
Rust framework that renders full-stack web apps as HTML on the server, with client reactivity compiled from the same Rust code.
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- Vapor
Server-side Swift HTTP web framework for building backends, web apps, APIs and HTTP servers.
VinxiJavaScript toolkit for composing full stack applications and frameworks from Vite and Nitro primitives.
VocsDocumentation framework that builds Markdown and MDX sources into docs sites, powered by Vite.
VueJavaScript framework for building user interfaces on the web, with a reactive rendering system and optional server rendering.
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WordPressOpen-source PHP content management system for websites and blogs, with a block editor, themes and plugins.
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YewRust framework for building client-side web applications that run as WebAssembly in the browser.
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