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Quasar framework

Ranked 15 of 21 JavaScript frameworks by recommenders

Free Vue-based framework that people reach for first when starting projects, and that they say ports to most platforms quickly. Some dislike its Material design components.

Free Vue-based framework that people reach for first when starting projects, and that they say ports to most platforms quickly. Some dislike its Material design components.

25 people gave an opinion

recommend it
11
criticize it
14
approval share
44%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 4 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
  • 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not 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

  • Ports to most platforms quickly

    “There are JS frameworks that port to most platforms in about 3 minutes”

    Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “From web developer to database developer in 10 years”

    “I just write code and it seems to work on pretty much everything”

    Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Some software bloat is OK”
  • Praised as a go-to framework

    “always the first framework I reach for when starting a new project”

    Comment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

    “I've only ever heard good things about it.”

    Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

Other JavaScript frameworks people recommend

The four most recommended other JavaScript 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.

Quasar framework compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
React48256046%1310 yrs21 owners—
htmx32012073%132 yrs12 ownersApproved
Svelte1513780%133 yrs9 ownersApproved
Vue1213976%139.9 yrs4 ownersApproved
Quasar frameworkThis page111444%4——
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What people said

27 of the 29 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“Another project worth checking would be Quasar (and had virtual threads in 2013)”

RecommendsComment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Virtual Threads for a scripting language in Java 8 without Loom”

“For simple stuff it works fine, and generates solutions in under an hour.”

RecommendsComment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Audacity 4.0”

“they are just the European middleman repackaging the AI model from Temu”

CriticizesComment from 3 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“These EU "experts" are literally rebadging Chinese open models.”

CriticizesComment from 3 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“is just a modified Chinese model which does worse than the better Chinese models”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“This has to be fake... or similar.”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“So, slower and worse than Gemini 3.7 (high)?”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“Not the greatest fan of the marketing personally.”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“Ironic, considering they are releasing a 438B model that loses to a 27B one.”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“big fish in a small pond situation”

MixedComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“Having our own that is comparable (this is a nice first step)”

RecommendsComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“How can it be that a 438B model is worse than Qwen3.8-27B? Are these benchmarks totally gamed?”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“granted it runs at 15 tk/s with a 9070xt but it runs”

RecommendsComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“I wish for this company to have great models. I am glad to see such good scores.”

MixedComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“It is surprising given how many parameters it has that it scores so low.”

MixedComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“if your new model is API only and people can't download/examine it, it will get very little uptake and real world use”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“Highest scoring EU model" has a low bar, lower than Qwen3.8-27B”

CriticizesComment from 2 Sep 2026 in “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”

“I've only ever heard good things about it.”

RecommendsComment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

“always the first framework I reach for when starting a new project”

RecommendsComment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

“Wish they would decouple styling from everything else.”

CriticizesComment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

“But I dislike their Material design components.”

MixedComment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

“vuejs (+quasar on top) is just great”

RecommendsComment from 26 Jul 2026 in “Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy”

“many popular RATs (Remote Access Trojans), like AsyncRAT and Quasar RAT, are no longer actively maintained”

CriticizesComment from 28 Feb 2026 in “An open-source, C#-based Windows RAT (Remote Access Tool)”

“they're all abandoned now”

CriticizesComment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Building a Durable Execution Engine with SQLite”

“Fine for basic interfaces, but static linking on Win64 gets dicey with lgpl libraries etc.”

MixedComment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Implementation of a Java Processor on a FPGA (2016)”

“There are JS frameworks that port to most platforms in about 3 minutes”

RecommendsComment from 7 Nov 2025 in “From web developer to database developer in 10 years”

“I just write code and it seems to work on pretty much everything”

RecommendsComment from 4 Nov 2025 in “Some software bloat is OK”

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