# Primate: The Versatile Web Framework Offers different frontend and backend options with a single application model. - **Source:** [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com) - **Published:** 2026-07-15 - **Topic:** [Software & Engineering](https://brifing.si/c/engineering) - **Original article:** - **On Brifing:** https://brifing.si/s/acf9647f-e47b-4354-b197-05bb2df336b8 ## The Evolution of Web Frameworks Traditional PHP frameworks offered an integrated system covering the entire stack. With JavaScript moving to the server side, this integrity fragmented. Primate aims to reunite this fragmented structure. ## Cohesion Over Composition The modern JavaScript ecosystem relies on combining different tools. However, this approach can lead to incompatibilities between tools. Primate solves this problem by offering a consistent model that covers the entire stack. ## Multi-Frontend Support Primate allows you to use different frontend technologies like React and Svelte within the same application. You can choose a different frontend for each route while continuing to work with a single application model. ## Multi-Backend Languages You can write backend routes in different languages such as TypeScript, Go, Ruby, or Python. Primate enables you to seamlessly combine these languages in a single application. ## Runtime Independence You can run on different JavaScript runtimes like Node, Deno, or Bun. Primate manages these transitions without requiring runtime-specific packages. ## The Future of Web Development Primate offers developers flexibility and freedom while providing a consistent application model. This approach could shape the future of web development. ## Sources covering this story - https://superarch.org/theanswerisc/primate-is-the-last-great-framework.html — --- _Summary written by Brifing from the original reporting. Copyright in the original article belongs to its publisher; read the full piece at the link above._