Remix web framework
Shares rank 33 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Developers praise Remix for leaning on web platform standards and simplicity over heavy bundlers. Critics doubt the project's longevity and point to breaking changes and past direction shifts.
Developers praise Remix for leaning on web platform standards and simplicity over heavy bundlers. Critics doubt the project's longevity and point to breaking changes and past direction shifts.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 12
- approval share
- 40%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Sticks to the web platform and simplicity
“I really like the ideas touted by the Remix team, particularly (1) use the platform, (2) favor simplicity, and (3) make code more explicit; however, their implementation has always felt”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “React and Remix choose different futures” “The philosophy is to not rely on heavyweight bundlers too much but to stay closer to the web platform.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Remix 3 Beta Preview”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Feared abandoned or dead project
“Too bad it will become abandonware most likely given the authors history lol”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “No-build, no-NPM, SSR-first JavaScript framework if you hate React, love HTML” “I liked remix so much, very sad it ended up in a graveyard”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “Shopify acquires Tailwind” “that project is as good as dead in the water now”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “Shopify acquires Tailwind” Frequent breaking changes and direction shifts
“they will change their mind next year and come up with something totally different”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “React and Remix choose different futures” “these guys are infamous for breaking changes”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Remix 3 Beta Preview” Distrust of maintainers' track record
“I would never consider using Remix or anything else from this team.”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “React and Remix choose different futures” “These guys are really, really obsessed with download counts.”
Comment from 2 Dec 2025 in “React and Remix choose different futures”
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 |
| Remix web frameworkThis page | 8 | 12 | 40% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 21 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I liked remix so much, very sad it ended up in a graveyard”
“that project is as good as dead in the water now”
“it promises all this with batteries included”
“these guys are infamous for breaking changes”
“The philosophy is to not rely on heavyweight bundlers too much but to stay closer to the web platform.”
“I have to say that Remix was even worse”
“there was so much ceremony in registering API routes and stuff”
“Too bad it will become abandonware most likely given the authors history lol”
“Remix 2 is beautiful in its abstractions”
“they will change their mind next year and come up with something totally different”
“most of Remix was just RR”
“I am excited about Remix 3 and I've been following all their work for years”
“These guys are really, really obsessed with download counts.”
“I really like the ideas touted by the Remix team, particularly (1) use the platform, (2) favor simplicity, and (3) make code more explicit; however, their implementation has always felt”
“not something you can say for Remix or Angular”
“the developer experience of Remix 3 is so much better”
“Im pretty sure not many devs will switch to Remix just to work on Shopify Apps”
“I would never consider using Remix or anything else from this team.”
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