What is Angular Universal?
It executes on the server, generating static application pages that later get bootstrapped on the client. This means that the application generally renders more quickly, giving users a chance to view the application layout before it becomes fully interactive.
Angular Universal is a tool in the Front-End Frameworks category of a tech stack.
Angular Universal is an open source tool with 90.4K GitHub stars and 24.3K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Angular Universal's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Angular Universal?
Companies
35 companies reportedly use Angular Universal in their tech stacks, including LeanIX API Backend, RoofStacks, and limehome.
Developers
297 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Angular Universal.
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Decisions about Angular Universal
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Angular Universal in their tech stack.
Sunil Garg
so finally which framework is best? I am using angular already, the only difference I see is SSR, but angular has Angular Universal for the same?
Angular Universal's Features
- server-side rendering using the Angular CLI
- renders more quickly
Angular Universal Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Angular Universal?
React
Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
Next.js
Next.js is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered React applications.
Nuxt.js
Nuxt.js presets all the configuration needed to make your development of a Vue.js application enjoyable.
You can use Nuxt.js for SSR, SPA, Static Generated, PWA and more.
Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
Material Design for Angular
Material Design is a specification for a unified system of visual, motion, and interaction design that adapts across different devices. Our goal is to deliver a lean, lightweight set of AngularJS-native UI elements that implement the material design system for use in Angular SPAs.
