RichFaces Vs PrimeFaces (for performance) [closed]

Answer 1

Here is my comparison:

• Richfaces is definitely more mature and possibly you may get developers who are experts in.
• Primefaces has more components but lack combobox available in Richfaces. Richfaces does not have a bunch of common components like the "star rating" component, captcha component and password strength.
• Primefaces is easier to skin since it is based on themeroller. It also has more themes than that is available in Richfaces.
• Primefaces is tiny and can be implemented in the code easily - not too many dependencies.
• Richfaces does not support JSF 2.0 till now (Nov 2010) - Primefaces has a stable release that supports JSF 2.0
• Richfaces component growth is pretty much absent... No new components added in the last few years. The component library remains stale.

My recommendation:

• Choose Primefaces if your application is client facing and need many AJAX components.
• Choose Richfaces (or Primefaces) if it is an application that is used by your internal clients.

Hari Gangadharan