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Top 21 Ruby Web Framework Projects
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Django needs a marketing push. I opened the website and immediately it smells like a 2011 web framework. Like CakePHP. Like Zend. Like Kohana.
The site makes the project feel extremely dated, which of course I have no idea how true that is, I've never used Django! Just my 2c from an outsider.
I compare it to Phoenix and Rails. (again, talking PURELY marketing here dudes!)
https://www.phoenixframework.org/
https://rubyonrails.org/
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- Project mention: Hanami: A flexible framework for maintainable Ruby apps | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-07
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Another option is https://roda.jeremyevans.net/, which I've found is the sweet spot in smaller projects, but can still scale up. The plugin system works really well to extend and the routing tree is really easy to work with.
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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glimmer-dsl-web
Glimmer DSL for Web (Ruby-in-the-Browser Web Frontend Framework). The "Rails" of Frontend Frameworks!!!
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Nancy
Minimal Ruby microframework for web development inspired in Sinatra and Cuba. (by guilleiguaran)
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Web Framework projects in Ruby? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby on Rails | 57,994 |
| 2 | Sinatra | 12,389 |
| 3 | Hanami | 6,350 |
| 4 | Padrino | 3,396 |
| 5 | Volt | 3,209 |
| 6 | Roda | 2,198 |
| 7 | Cuba | 1,444 |
| 8 | Camping | 980 |
| 9 | Pakyow | 819 |
| 10 | rack-app | 411 |
| 11 | Ramaze | 371 |
| 12 | NYNY (New York, New York) | 318 |
| 13 | Scorched | 275 |
| 14 | Hobbit | 272 |
| 15 | Inesita | 260 |
| 16 | Plezi | 244 |
| 17 | glimmer-dsl-web | 213 |
| 18 | utopia | 141 |
| 19 | Syro | 137 |
| 20 | Nancy | 85 |
| 21 | data_type_validator | 1 |
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