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What are the biggest sites/web applications that are using the Node.js framework?

19th August 2012

My answer to What are the biggest sites/web applications that are using the Node.js framework? on Quora

I imagine LinkedIn are one of the largest now—they use Node.js for the back-end of their mobile and tablet apps.

Posted 19th August 2012 at 6:09 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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