# Blazor Server

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Blazor Server and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Lets C# developers build interactive web apps with one codebase and no separate REST API or JavaScript framework, and people find it quick and stable to iterate with.

## Why people recommend it

- One source of truth, no API layer (2 comments): "There's now one source of truth, and you don't have to spend time making sure it's consistent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46243985)) "it just removes all the stupid complexity of having react + a rest API" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491819))
- Fast development for C# developers (2 comments): "It is fun to work with and development is quick for a C# dev." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49280785)) "I've found Blazor to be quite capable and stable to quickly iterate through my ideas" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47748960))
- Enjoyable to work with (2 comments): "It's also a joy to work with." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279076)) "so far doing well with it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271270))

## What people warn about

- Disconnects on unstable networks (1 comments): "Blazor Server had lots of disconnects because our customers typically don't have a stable Wi-Fi connection" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47272275))
- Every click round-trips to server (2 comments): "Every action, every button click, basically every input is sent to the server" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46239228)) "Blazor has a massive payload and/or you're waiting seconds to see a response to a click event." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46245719))
- Hot reload weaker than TypeScript (1 comments): "Main downside is the hot reload is not nearly as nice as TS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46239981))

## 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, "Blazor Server", https://hackerapproved.com/p/blazor-server/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).