Micronaut
Hacker ApprovedRanked 29 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Java framework people pick over Spring for compile-time injection and low memory use. Critics say special cases can mean digging into source to see what is happening.
Java framework people pick over Spring for compile-time injection and low memory use. Critics say special cases can mean digging into source to see what is happening.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Compile-time dependency injection
“which does none of that and uses an annotation processor at compile time instead”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “JDK 28” “I want compile time DI, so Micronaut or Quarkus.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future” Nicer developer experience than Spring
“I found both Micronaut and Quarkus dev experience more palatable than spring.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future” “It's such a breath of fresh air compared to spring.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Spring Boot Done Right: Lessons from a 400-Module Codebase” “I'd rather use Micronauts or Quarkus than Spring”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Eclipse GlassFish: This Isn't Your Father's GlassFish” Slim, low memory footprint
“There is quarkus, helidon and micronaut for slimmer more modern backend frameworks.”
Comment from 17 Mar 2026 in “Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future” “Memory footprint is 5–40 MB RSS.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to debug special cases
“It works great until it doesn't, and you have a special case, and then you have to dig into”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future” “It works great until it doesn't, and you have a special case, and then you have to dig into source to figure out what on earth is going on.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Java 26 is here, and with it a solid foundation for the future”
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 |
| MicronautThis page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
14 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“which does none of that and uses an annotation processor at compile time instead”
“They are similar enough to Spring, and I believe Quarkus and Micronaut have an optional Spring compatibility layer”
“Quarkus, Micronaut, Helidon are all the big players.”
“I quite literally could not get Claude (in Cursor) to give me a basic Micronaut setup in a fresh workspace”
“I'd rather use Micronauts or Quarkus than Spring”
“It's such a breath of fresh air compared to spring.”
“It works great until it doesn't, and you have a special case, and then you have to dig into”
“Memory footprint is 5–40 MB RSS.”
“It works great until it doesn't, and you have a special case, and then you have to dig into source to figure out what on earth is going on.”
“I found both Micronaut and Quarkus dev experience more palatable than spring.”
“I want compile time DI, so Micronaut or Quarkus.”
“Having used micronaut for a few years now, I hate it.”
“with neither of those being strong recommendations”
“There is quarkus, helidon and micronaut for slimmer more modern backend frameworks.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.