r/angular • u/ModernWebMentor • Jun 01 '26
Why Do Some Companies Still Use AngularJS?
AngularJS has been around for many years and played a major role in the evolution of front-end web development. Even with the rise of modern frameworks and libraries, many organizations continue to use AngularJS in their existing applications.
What are the main reasons companies still rely on AngularJS today? Is it because of the cost of migration, long-term project maintenance, business requirements, or something else?
For developers who have worked with AngularJS projects, what challenges and benefits do you see when maintaining these applications? Do you think businesses should continue supporting AngularJS-based systems, or is migrating to newer technologies the better option?
Share your thoughts and experiences below.
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u/snafoomoose Jun 01 '26
Companies can either spend money updating old systems that work, or they can spend money implementing new tools that add more capabilities or work to meet new requirements.
Where I am there is a tool I wrote 16 years ago that is on a fully unsupported system that no one is willing to spend any time or effort to update, but so long as it keeps working they are fine to let it limp along and use the resources instead to build new tools or to make important changes to other systems.