TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks are now Archived - What's next?

On 24th of March 2026, the TechEmpower Framework Bechmarks have been discontinued, with their GitHub repository now in archived mode. The Start The first round of the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks dates back to March 2013, covering only as much as 25 different frameworks. Within the following years, all major HTTP web framework implementations where added through contributions to their public GitHub repository, making the project an important litmus test for the performance characteristics of HTTP webservers and application development frameworks. In the most recent Round 23 from February 2025, more than 330 framework implementations were covered. As it got more and more traction, having good results became a top priority for framework developers for their new software releases. In round 13, Microsoft started to sponsor the project with hardware and used their now first position in the benchmarks to fuel their marketing for ASP.NET Core. Overall, the benchmark's sole existence lead