Performance comparison of development frameworks in selected environments in REST API architecture

Mateusz Szewczyk; Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska

doi:10.35784/jcsi.7041

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.7041

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.7041

Authors

Mateusz Szewczyk

mateusz.szewczyk@pollub.edu.pl

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska

maria.paszkowska@pollub.pl

Lublin University of Technology, Poland

Abstract

This paper presents a performance comparison of five popular REST API frameworks: ASP.NET, Spring Boot, Express.js, Laravel and Django REST Framework. The analysis took into account response times, resource consumption, Docker image sizes and code complexity. ASP.NET showed the shortest response times and smallest images, Express.js stood out for its stable resource management, while Django and Laravel, although less efficient, featured by compact code. Spring Boot, on the other hand, showed similar, though slightly worse, efficiency compared to ASP.NET. The results underscore the importance of matching the platform to specific project requirements.

Keywords:

REST API performance, comparison of frameworks, web applications architecture

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Szewczyk, M., & Skublewska-Paszkowska, M. (2025). Performance comparison of development frameworks in selected environments in REST API architecture. Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 35, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.7041

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