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Angular vs Next.js

Angular and Next.js are both listed under Frameworks in the DevPages directory. This page puts the details we hold for each of them side by side.

It does not score them and does not pick a winner. Fields the catalog has no value for say “Not recorded” rather than being filled in with a guess.

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Angular, Next.js compared field by field. Values are taken from the DevPages catalog; fields we hold no value for read “Not recorded”.
Angular
Next.js
CategoryFrameworksFrameworks
Pricing modelOpen SourceOpen Source
Open sourceYesYes
GitHub stars101.1K143.5K
Key features
  • TypeScript-first development
  • Comprehensive framework with batteries included
  • Powerful CLI for scaffolding and building
  • Dependency injection system
  • RxJS for reactive programming
  • Angular Material design components
  • Ahead-of-time compilation
  • Enterprise-ready architecture
  • Server-side rendering (SSR)
  • Static site generation (SSG)
  • API routes for backend functionality
  • Automatic code splitting
  • Built-in CSS and Sass support
  • Image optimization
  • File-system based routing
  • TypeScript support out of the box
Use cases
  • Enterprise web applications
  • Large-scale single-page applications
  • Progressive web applications
  • Admin dashboards and portals
  • Data-heavy applications
  • Real-time applications
  • Cross-platform mobile apps with Ionic
  • Desktop applications with Electron
  • E-commerce websites
  • Corporate websites and landing pages
  • Blogs and content sites
  • SaaS applications
  • Marketing websites
  • Documentation sites
  • Portfolio websites
  • Full-stack web applications
Integrations
  • Angular CLI
  • Angular Material
  • RxJS
  • NgRx
  • Ionic
  • NativeScript
  • Vercel
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Prisma
  • Sanity
  • Strapi
Tags
  • typescript
  • spa
  • enterprise
  • google
  • rxjs
  • cli
  • react
  • ssr
  • static-generation
  • full-stack
  • typescript
  • performance
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What each one is

Angular

Platform for building mobile and desktop web applications

Angular is a platform and framework for building single-page client applications using HTML and TypeScript. Developed and maintained by Google, Angular provides a comprehensive solution with everything needed to build large-scale applications, including routing, forms, HTTP client, and more.

Full Angular listing

Next.js

Full-stack React framework for production

Next.js is a React framework that enables functionality such as server-side rendering and generating static websites for React-based web applications. It provides a zero-configuration build tool for React and includes many optimizations out of the box, making it ideal for production applications.

Full Next.js listing

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