When comparing Wakanda vs Derby, the Slant community recommends Derby for most people. In the question“What are the best full-stack Node.js frameworks?” Derby is ranked 7th while Wakanda is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Derby is:
Derby enables the client and server to sync models across the board in real-time.
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Pros
Pro Built for business web apps primarily
Wakanda with it's Model driven approach is a very good choice for B2B and B2E Web app, although that doesn't mean that it's not good for other kinds of apps, such as social media ones.
Pro Real time communication between server and client
Derby enables the client and server to sync models across the board in real-time.
Pro Views are rendered on the server
Derby renders it's client-side views on the server. This means that there's no "delay" in serving the content to the browser when the user requests it. It's also very helpful for SEO purposes.
Pro Same code can be run on the client and server
The same code can be run on both the server and the client, because Derby is a full-stack JavaScript-everywhere platform.
Cons
Con Low open-source community interest
Wakanda's community is pretty small. It has about 10 stars on GitHub and few questions on Stackoverflow.
Con Small community
Derby seems to have a small community of followers, at least compared to other Node full-stack frameworks. So it could be difficult for a beginner to find examples or help if they get stuck somewhere in their development.