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NestJS vs Quarkus

On the evidence we track, NestJS leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★NestJS75
Quarkus62
Score
vioscaleAI score
NestJS75 / 100high · 76%
Quarkus62 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
NestJS✓
Quarkus✓
Model
Price level
NestJSlow
Quarkusfree
Transparent
NestJS✗
Quarkus–
Integrations
Count
NestJS9
Quarkus19
Security
Disclosure policy
NestJS–
Quarkus✓
Fedramp
NestJS✓
Quarkus–
Scorecard
NestJS7.6
Quarkus5.6
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
NestJS–
Quarkus✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
NestJS78,848
Quarkus4,936
Github stars
NestJS76,788
Quarkus15,943
Activity
Commits last 30d
NestJS100
Quarkus100
Release
Cadence days
NestJS3
Quarkus1
History
NestJS20 items
Quarkus20 items
License
Spdx
NestJSMIT
QuarkusApache-2.0
Language
Primary
NestJSTypeScript
QuarkusJava
Market
Availability
NestJSAvailable worldwide
Quarkus–
Content
Faq
NestJS6 items
Quarkus6 items

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

Leader

A progressive Node.js framework built with TypeScript that emphasizes structured architecture, dependency injection, and microservice support for building server-side applications.

Independently observed

Quarkus

Quarkus is a Java application framework that enables efficient, cloud-native development with fast startup times and low memory footprint through compile-time optimization. It provides a cohesive platform integrating popular libraries and standards, supporting both JVM and native executable deployments with live reload capabilities.

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

Leader
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
macOS
NestJS✗
Quarkus✓
Windows
NestJS✗
Quarkus✓
Linux
NestJS✗
Quarkus✓
CLI
NestJS✓
Quarkus✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
NestJS✓
Quarkus✓
Self-hosted
NestJS✓
Quarkus✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • GraphQL

NestJS

Leader
9 total - 8 not shared
  • Express
  • Fastify
  • TypeORM
  • Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Bull
  • WebSockets
  • Microservices
  • Angular Universal
Independently observed

Quarkus

25 total - 24 not shared
  • Eclipse Vert.x
  • Hibernate
  • Apache Camel
  • JAX-RS
  • RESTEasy
  • Netty
  • Eclipse MicroProfile
  • Hibernate ORM
  • JPA
  • Jackson
  • Redis
  • Kubernetes
  • OIDC
  • Liquibase
  • GraalVM
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Micrometer
  • Prometheus
  • gRPC
  • Keycloak
  • OAuth
  • OpenShift
  • Jakarta REST
Independently observed
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