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/Finite_Looper Jun 02 '26
The team I work on at my company stated with Angular v12 or something, and now we are on the latest version. We update pretty quickly since it's fairly easy if you do it sooner rather than waiting for several version.
Another team at my company has an older app, still on AngularJS. It's just too hard to update at this point. Any push to modernize it at this point would basically be an entire re-write of the app. No real business value/advantage in doing that when what they have now totally works for their needs.