--- title: Comparing top Node.js frameworks for frontend developers description: The Node.js runtime allows developers to build both front and backend applications using only JavaScript. This means no more context switching between... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/comparing-top-node-js-frameworks-for-frontend-developers-gpc24jvis twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Comparing top Node.js frameworks for frontend developers | daily.dev og:description: The Node.js runtime allows developers to build both front and backend applications using only JavaScript. This means no more context switching between... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/comparing-top-node-js-frameworks-for-frontend-developers-gpc24jvis og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GPC24jVIS.png og:image:alt: Comparing top Node.js frameworks for frontend developers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Comparing top Node.js frameworks for frontend developers **[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 13 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The Node.js runtime allows developers to build both front and backend applications using only JavaScript. This means no more context switching between different languages like PHP for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend. In this article, we will compare Node frameworks according to their usage, features, disadvantages, downloads, and other metrics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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