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Nuxt.js vs Drupal

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Nuxt.js compare to Drupal 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

Nuxt.js scores 76/100 overall versus Drupal's 41/100. Nuxt.js has 10 total CVEs compared to Drupal's 1200, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Nuxt.js and Drupal

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

WhereNuxt.jsDrupal
Top 1,000 6.0% (13) 4.2% (9)
Top 10,000 4.3% (111) 7.5% (192)
Top 100,000 4.6% (1,278) 7.2% (1,994)
Wider web0.6%4.4%

Highest-ranked sites on Nuxt.js

  1. yuga.com#103
  2. hosting24.com#184
  3. hostinger.com#337
  4. name.com#344
  5. gitlab.com#377

Highest-ranked sites on Drupal

  1. europa.eu#114
  2. nist.gov#239
  3. un.org#363
  4. noaa.gov#530
  5. unesco.org#627

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

76
Nuxt.js
Modern · JAVASCRIPT
vs
41
Drupal
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Nuxt.js
88
35
Nuxt.js
Drupal
performance Tie
65
65
Nuxt.js
Drupal
ecosystem Nuxt.js
75
40
Nuxt.js
Drupal
ai readiness Nuxt.js
82
40
Nuxt.js
Drupal
developer experience Nuxt.js
82
40
Nuxt.js
Drupal
market trajectory Nuxt.js
55
35
Nuxt.js
Drupal
cost of ownership Nuxt.js
75
35
Nuxt.js
Drupal
Security details
Metric Nuxt.js Drupal
Total CVEs 10 1200
Critical CVEs 1 89
Exploited (KEV) 0 8
CVEs last year 3 120
Avg CVSS 4.0 6.5
Security score 88/100 35/100
Recommended
Nuxt.js

Nuxt.js scores 76/100. Verdict: Recommended.

Caution
Drupal

Drupal scores 42/100. Consider migrating to: nextjs, django, laravel.

Alternatives: nextjs, django, laravel

Quick facts
Nuxt.js
Category: Fullstack
Language: JAVASCRIPT
First release: 2016
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 0.5%
Drupal
Category: Cms
Language: PHP
First release: 2001
Generation: Legacy
Trend: Stable
Market share: 1.5%
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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.