The Crossover Nobody Noticed
Django is a free Python web framework maintained by volunteers. Squarespace is a NYSE-listed company with thousands of employees, TV advertising, and celebrity endorsements. Django has more sites.
What This Says About the Web
The no-code promise was that everyone would build websites without developers. The data says something different: developer frameworks still power more of the web than the platforms designed to replace them. The tools built BY developers, FOR developers, outlast the tools built to eliminate developers.
The Python Signal
Django's strength is a proxy for Python's dominance in backend web development. When combined with FastAPI (our highest-scored framework), Python's web presence is larger than most people assume. The AI/ML ecosystem that runs on Python is pulling web development along with it.
