Comparison

NestJS vs Quarkus

No clear leader: NestJS (63.8) and Quarkus (59.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
NestJS64
Quarkus59
Score
Vioscale score
NestJS64 / 100high · 78%updating
Quarkus59 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
NestJS
Quarkus
Model
Price level
NestJSlow
Quarkusfree
Transparent
NestJS
Quarkus
Integrations
Count
NestJS9
Quarkus7
Reliability
Status page
NestJS
Quarkus
Adoption
Dependent repos
NestJS78,848
Quarkus4,936
Github stars
NestJS76,466
Quarkus15,847
Activity
Commits last 30d
NestJS100
Quarkus100
Release
Cadence days
NestJS6
Quarkus5
History
NestJS20 items
Quarkus20 items
License
Spdx
NestJSMIT
QuarkusApache-2.0
Language
Primary
QuarkusJava
Market
Availability
Quarkus

Capabilities

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

Core
Rendering model
NestJS-
Quarkus-
File-based routing
NestJS-
Quarkus-
Language
NestJSTypeScript/JavaScript
QuarkusJava
Rendering
Server components
NestJS-
Quarkus-
Streaming SSR
NestJS-
Quarkus-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
NestJS
Quarkus
DX
First-class TypeScript
NestJS
Quarkus-
Fast refresh / HMR
NestJS-
Quarkus
Deployment
Edge runtime support
NestJS-
Quarkus-

What each one is

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

NestJS

A unified platform integrating planning, source control, and CI/CD pipelines with built-in security scanning and compliance controls to help teams accelerate software delivery and maintain security across the entire lifecycle.

Independently observed

Quarkus

Quarkus is an open-source framework that enables Java developers to build cloud-native applications optimized for containers and Kubernetes. It provides rapid startup, minimal memory consumption, and accelerated development cycles through live code reloading, while supporting both imperative and reactive programming paradigms.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

NestJS

HybridFree tier
as of verify ↗

Quarkus

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
NestJS
Quarkus
CLI
NestJS
Quarkus
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
NestJS
Quarkus
Self-hosted
NestJS
Quarkus
On-premise
NestJS
Quarkus
Air-gapped
NestJS
Quarkus

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

NestJS

9 total
  • Express
  • Fastify
  • GraphQL
  • TypeORM
  • Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Bull
  • WebSockets
  • Microservices
  • Angular Universal
Independently observed

Quarkus

7 total
  • Eclipse Vert.x
  • Hibernate
  • Apache Camel
  • JAX-RS
  • RESTEasy
  • Netty
  • Eclipse MicroProfile
Independently observed

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