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actionhero.js vs Lumen: What are the differences?
actionhero.js: The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server. The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server; Lumen: The stunningly fast PHP micro-framework by Laravel. Laravel Lumen is a stunningly fast PHP micro-framework for building web applications with expressive, elegant syntax. We believe development must be an enjoyable, creative experience to be truly fulfilling. Lumen attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as routing, database abstraction, queueing, and caching.
actionhero.js and Lumen can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.
"Fast" is the primary reason why developers consider actionhero.js over the competitors, whereas "API" was stated as the key factor in picking Lumen.
actionhero.js and Lumen are both open source tools. It seems that Lumen with 6.31K GitHub stars and 836 forks on GitHub has more adoption than actionhero.js with 2.01K GitHub stars and 242 GitHub forks.
Pros of Actionhero
- Fast6
- Lightweight6
- Same API code for many transports (HTTP, Socket, etc)4
- Clear and declarative routing and controllers4
- Simple1
Pros of Lumen
- API38
- Microframework28
- MVC19
- PHP16
- Open source12
- Eloquent11
- Restful & fast framework10
- Composer8
- Illuminate support7
- Brother of laravel and fast4
- Easy to learn4
- Fast4
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Cons of Actionhero
- Speed1
Cons of Lumen
- Not fast3
- PHP2
- Not fast with MongoDB1