<p>I&#39;ve already built my application using Apollo GraphQL (with subscriptions) and Sequelize. However, Apollo GraphQL is very unstable, no proper authentication/authorization techniques. I&#39;m planning to use old school Rest based APIs and Socket IO. </p>
<p>However, I&#39;m confused on choosing FeathersJS and Loopback. Both are top frameworks for building rest API. </p>
<h2 id="feathers">Feathers</h2>
<p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://feathersjs.com/">Official site</a> | 
 <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://github.com/feathersjs">GitHub</a> </p>
<h4 id="pros">Pros</h4>
<ul>
<li>Support many ORMs (In my case it already support <code>Sequelize</code>)</li>
<li>Great support for real-time events and SocketIO</li>
<li>Highly customizable</li>
<li>Supports multiple means of transport like HTTP, WebSockets etc</li>
<li>Awesome docs</li>
<li>Partial support for GraphQL using <code>feathers-plus</code></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="cons">Cons</h4>
<ul>
<li>No auto generating docs</li>
<li>No Authorization/ACL modules</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="loopback">Loopback</h2>
<p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://loopback.io/">Official site</a> | 
 <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://github.com/strongloop/loopback">GitHub</a> </p>
<h4 id="pros">Pros</h4>
<ul>
<li>Comes with inbuilt <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb3/Controlling-data-access.html">ACL generator</a></li>
<li>Automatically build docs, using Swagger</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="cons">Cons</h4>
<ul>
<li>Poor docs</li>
<li>No support for external ORMs, need to use  <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'  href="https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-datasource-juggler">Juggler</a></li>
</ul>


I've already built my application using Apollo GraphQL (with subscriptions) and Sequelize. However, Apollo GraphQL is very unstable, no proper authentication/authorization techniques. I'm planning to use old school Rest based APIs and Socket IO. 

However, I'm confused on choosing FeathersJS and Loopback. Both are top frameworks for building rest API. 

## Feathers

 [Official site](https://feathersjs.com/) | 
 [GitHub](https://github.com/feathersjs) 

#### Pros

* Support many ORMs (In my case it already support `Sequelize`)
* Great support for real-time events and SocketIO
* Highly customizable
* Supports multiple means of transport like HTTP, WebSockets etc
* Awesome docs
* Partial support for GraphQL using `feathers-plus`

#### Cons
* No auto generating docs
* No Authorization/ACL modules

## Loopback
 [Official site](https://loopback.io/) | 
 [GitHub](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback) 

#### Pros

* Comes with inbuilt [ACL generator](https://loopback.io/doc/en/lb3/Controlling-data-access.html)
* Automatically build docs, using Swagger

#### Cons

* Poor docs
* No support for external ORMs, need to use  [Juggler](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-datasource-juggler)

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