Blazor Server
Shares rank 40 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
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.
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.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
One source of truth, no API layer
“There's now one source of truth, and you don't have to spend time making sure it's consistent.”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components” “it just removes all the stupid complexity of having react + a rest API”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Web development is fun again” Fast development for C# developers
“It is fun to work with and development is quick for a C# dev.”
Comment from 13 Aug 2026 in “HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript” “I've found Blazor to be quite capable and stable to quickly iterate through my ideas”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)” Enjoyable to work with
“It's also a joy to work with.”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “HTML over WebSockets: real-time SPAs with barely any JavaScript” “so far doing well with it”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: I rewrote an inventory app 4 times over 5 years before releasing v1”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Disconnects on unstable networks
“Blazor Server had lots of disconnects because our customers typically don't have a stable Wi-Fi connection”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: I rewrote an inventory app 4 times over 5 years before releasing v1” Every click round-trips to server
“Every action, every button click, basically every input is sent to the server”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components” “Blazor has a massive payload and/or you're waiting seconds to see a response to a click event.”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components” Hot reload weaker than TypeScript
“Main downside is the hot reload is not nearly as nice as TS.”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Denial of service and source code exposure in React Server Components”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Blazor ServerThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It is fun to work with and development is quick for a C# dev.”
“It's also a joy to work with.”
“I've found Blazor to be quite capable and stable to quickly iterate through my ideas”
“Blazor Server had lots of disconnects because our customers typically don't have a stable Wi-Fi connection”
“so far doing well with it”
“it just removes all the stupid complexity of having react + a rest API”
“Blazor has a massive payload and/or you're waiting seconds to see a response to a click event.”
“There's now one source of truth, and you don't have to spend time making sure it's consistent.”
“Main downside is the hot reload is not nearly as nice as TS.”
“Every action, every button click, basically every input is sent to the server”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.