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Angular vs React vs Vue
A side-by-side look at how actively Angular, React and Vue are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- React is the most-starred of the 3, with 251k stars — about 4.6× Vue's 54k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Angular recorded the most commits (3.9k), against 396 for Vue.
- Angular has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 38k.
- Relative to its popularity, React carries the lightest open-issue load: 3.4 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 10.2 for Vue.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Angular Active | React Active | Vue Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 101k | 251k | 54k |
| Forks | 29k | 51k | 9.2k |
| Contributors | 2.7k | 2.0k | 650 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 3.9k | 742 | 396 |
| Open issues | 953 | 860 | 553 |
| Open pull requests | 188 | 525 | 358 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 38k | 20k | 6.5k |
| Watchers | 3.0k | 6.6k | 756 |
| Last push | 30 Sep 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | v22.2.0 (Sep 2026) | v19.3.0 (Sep 2026) | v3.5.43 (Sep 2026) |
| Main language | TypeScript | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Licence | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Created | Sep 2014 | May 2013 | Jun 2018 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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