# ASP.NET MVC

5 Hacker News commenters recommended ASP.NET MVC and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a productive, modern way to build software in .NET, and say it works much like traditional web frameworks.

## Why people recommend it

- Modern, productive MVC in .NET (4 comments): "Its modern replacement ASP .NET MVC works much more like traditional web frameworks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45778304)) "It was a very productive way to produce most software." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47887225)) "That was the first good MS web framework." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45986218))

## 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, "ASP.NET MVC", https://hackerapproved.com/p/asp-net-mvc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).