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HTMX vs Laravel

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does HTMX compare to Laravel on security, AI-readiness, and total cost of ownership? We scored both across 7 dimensions using NVD/NIST CVE data, GitHub metrics, and our census of the Tranco top 100,000.

Key finding

HTMX scores 79/100 overall versus Laravel's 70/100. HTMX has 1 total CVEs compared to Laravel's 50, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs HTMX and Laravel

Share of sites with an identified platform, from WebPulse's scan of the Tranco top 100,000 and our Common Crawl census.

WhereHTMXLaravel
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0)
Top 10,000 0.5% (14) 0.6% (15)
Top 100,000 0.4% (107) 1.0% (282)
Wider web0.1%0.0%

Highest-ranked sites on HTMX

  1. actu.fr#1,298
  2. ssstik.io#1,447
  3. freedesktop.org#3,290
  4. codeberg.org#3,719
  5. ollama.com#4,226

Highest-ranked sites on Laravel

  1. toyhou.se#1,430
  2. ihc.ru#2,766
  3. trafficjunky.net#2,876
  4. registry.in#2,898
  5. uba.ar#7,147

Detected from each homepage's HTML, headers and cookies in September 2026. Methodology

79
HTMX
Modern · JAVASCRIPT
vs
70
Laravel
Modern · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security HTMX
95
72
HTMX
Laravel
performance Tie
65
65
HTMX
Laravel
ecosystem Tie
80
80
HTMX
Laravel
ai readiness HTMX
78
74
HTMX
Laravel
developer experience Laravel
75
80
HTMX
Laravel
market trajectory Laravel
55
60
HTMX
Laravel
cost of ownership HTMX
90
60
HTMX
Laravel
Security details
Metric HTMX Laravel
Total CVEs 1 50
Critical CVEs 0 5
Exploited (KEV) 0 0
CVEs last year 0 10
Avg CVSS 2.0 5.0
Security score 95/100 72/100
Recommended
HTMX

HTMX scores 79/100. Verdict: Recommended.

Acceptable
Laravel

Laravel scores 71/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Quick facts
HTMX
Category: Frontend_lib
Language: JAVASCRIPT
First release: 2020
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 0.1%
Laravel
Category: Backend
Language: PHP
First release: 2011
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.8%
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Data sourced from NVD/NIST CVE database, GitHub API, and WebPulse framework scanner. Scores calculated using a 7-dimension model covering security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness, developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Updated October 2026.