Comparison

Angular vs jQuery

On the evidence we track, Angular leads this comparison with a composite score of 82/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Angular82

jQuery65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AngularLeader	jQuery
Vioscale score	82 / 100medium · 71%	65 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.6	8.7
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=jquery&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	998,742
Github starsadoption.github_stars	101,001	59,773
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	5,958,392	17,487,401
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	270,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	2
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	30	134
Historyrelease.history	20 items	13 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	TypeScript	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	8 items	-

Score

Vioscale score

Angular82 / 100medium · 71%

jQuery65 / 100medium · 59%

Pricing

Free tier

Angular✓

jQuery✓

Model

Angularopen_source

jQuerycommercial

Price level

Angularfree

jQueryfree

Security

Scorecard

Angular7.6

jQuery8.7

Vulnerabilities

Angular–

jQueryCount: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=jquery&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Angular–

jQuery✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Angular–

jQuery998,742

Github stars

Angular101,001

jQuery59,773

Package downloads weekly

Angular5,958,392

jQuery17,487,401

Stackoverflow questions

Angular270,000

jQuery–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Angular100

jQuery2

Release

Cadence days

Angular30

jQuery134

History

Angular20 items

jQuery13 items

License

Spdx

AngularMIT

jQueryMIT

Language

Primary

AngularTypeScript

jQueryJavaScript

Market

Availability

AngularAvailable worldwide

jQuery–

Content

Faq

Angular8 items

jQuery–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for frontend ui frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Frontend UI Frameworks
Capability	Angular	jQuery
Core
Paradigm	Component-based TypeScript framework with dependency injection	JavaScript utility library
Reusable component model	✓	✗
Rendering
Virtual DOM	-	✗
Signals / fine-grained reactivity	✓	✗
SSR support	✓	✗
DX
First-class TypeScript	✓	✗
State
Built-in state management	✓	✗
Ecosystem
Official router	✓	✗
Performance
Runtime size	-	Small (10–40kb)

Core

Paradigm

AngularComponent-based TypeScript framework with dependency injection

jQueryJavaScript utility library

Reusable component model

Angular✓

jQuery✗

Rendering

Virtual DOM

Angular-

jQuery✗

Signals / fine-grained reactivity

Angular✓

jQuery✗

SSR support

Angular✓

jQuery✗

First-class TypeScript

Angular✓

jQuery✗

State

Built-in state management

Angular✓

jQuery✗

Ecosystem

Official router

Angular✓

jQuery✗

Performance

Runtime size

Angular-

jQuerySmall (10–40kb)

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Angular

Leader

A full-featured platform for developing modern web applications using components, dependency injection, and reactive state management with signals. It includes first-party modules for routing, forms, and server-side rendering capabilities.

Independently observed

jQuery

A widely-used JavaScript library that simplifies HTML document traversal, element manipulation, event handling, animations, and server communication across different browsers with a compact, easy-to-use API.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Angular

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

jQuery

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Angular	jQuery
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Angular✓

jQuery✓

CLI

Angular✗

jQuery✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Angular✓

jQuery✓

Self-hosted

Angular✓

jQuery✓

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.