Express vs Fat-Free Framework
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Express · Fat-Free Framework · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
63
1
Open Page Rank 8+
794
9
Open Page Rank 7+
2,329
14
Open Page Rank 6+
3,763
23
Open Page Rank 5+
5,743
34
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Express · Fat-Free Framework · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
41,639
309
India
25,247
128
United Kingdom
18,417
137
Germany
17,171
164
Brazil
16,922
80
France
15,941
172
Canada
15,658
89
Spain
13,005
96
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Express | Fat-Free Framework |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.3 s | 1.6 s |
| INP | 100 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 800 ms | 700 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.