# AdonisJS 7 Hacker News commenters recommended AdonisJS and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Batteries-included TypeScript framework for Node.js, praised for type safety and developer experience. Critics find it young, lacking features and verbose. ## Why people recommend it - Batteries-included, Laravel-style framework for Node (2 comments): "the type-safety and batteries-included feel of AdonisJS (think Laravel for Node)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274223)) "it's pretty much the JS sibling of Laravel and RoR" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47348948)) - Type safety with TypeScript (2 comments): "the type-safety and batteries-included feel of AdonisJS (think Laravel for Node)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274223)) "I find the best DX with Adonis/nodejs and typescript." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47146002)) ## What people warn about - Young and lacking features (1 comments): "Adonis is nice, but still young and lacking features. And in my experience very verbose compared to rails." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349642)) - Verbose compared to Rails (1 comments): "Adonis is nice, but still young and lacking features. And in my experience very verbose compared to rails." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349642)) - Low popularity and little outside contribution (1 comments): "it's not very popular and hasn't gotten much outside contribution... I seem to also recall something about the founder being too hostile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360718)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Ruby on Rails](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruby-on-rails.md): 337 recommend - [Django](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django.md): 277 recommend - [Next.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/next-js.md): 127 recommend - [Phoenix Framework](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoenix.md): 85 recommend - [Laravel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laravel.md): 71 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "AdonisJS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/adonisjs/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).