Node.js framework shoot-out (Meteor alternative)

[craigburmr]

I’m currently in a position where I’m looking to use a stack that doesn’t include Meteor (crazy, right?!). We’re fortunate to have a lot more options for Node.js frameworks these days, and I’m evaluating the following:

• Feathers
• Hapi
• Koa
• Express
• Adonis
• Loopback
• Sails

I wish I had more time to dive into these deep, but I don’t… and so on their surface, a few of these look extremely similar (I’m sure there are big differences under the hood though) like this https://anyforsoft.com/blog/guide-drupal-security/. Does anyone have any strong opinions on these? My only requirements are:

• real-time/reactive, but perhaps more on an opt-in basis than Meteor; not everything needs to be real-time
• interfaces well with Apollo + GraphQL
• should be super performant and scale really well
• lightweight: fast build & deploy times
• friendly to junior-level devs
• should be pretty mature/stable and well-supported (by the community or otherwise)
• definitely not looking for the next new and shiny thing
• (optional but strongly desired) ability to use ES2015, including async/await

Looking forward to everyone’s thoughts!