Spring VS Puma

Compare Spring vs Puma and see what are their differences.

Spring

Rails application preloader (by rails)

Puma

A Ruby/Rack web server built for parallelism (by puma)
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Spring Puma
7 40
2,786 7,583
0.1% 0.3%
6.1 8.7
6 days ago 3 days ago
Ruby Ruby
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Spring

Posts with mentions or reviews of Spring. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-03.
  • Could not detect rake tasks
    6 projects | /r/rails | 3 May 2023
    # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] # gem "jbuilder" gem 'rack-cors' gem "devise" gem "jsonapi-serializer" gem 'devise-jwt' gem 'active_model_serializers' gem 'followability' gem 'dotenv-rails', groups: [:development, :test, :production] gem 'sprockets' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem "redis", "~> 4.0" # Use Kredis to get higher-level data types in Redis [https://github.com/rails/kredis] # gem "kredis" # Use Active Model has_secure_password [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_model_basics.html#securepassword] # gem "bcrypt", "~> 3.1.7" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible # gem "rack-cors" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :production do gem 'pg' end
  • Active_storage first time need help!
    11 projects | /r/rails | 25 Sep 2022
    # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main" gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Sass to process CSS # gem "sassc-rails" # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do # Use console on exceptions pages [https://github.com/rails/web-console] gem "web-console" # Add speed badges [https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler] # gem "rack-mini-profiler" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :test do # Use system testing [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html#system-testing] gem "capybara" gem "selenium-webdriver" gem "webdrivers" end
  • New to rails and need some apllication.css importing help
    6 projects | /r/ruby | 2 Mar 2022
    # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end
  • Unable to build and deploy Rails 6.0.4.1 app on heroku - Throws gyp verb cli error
    7 projects | /r/Heroku | 17 Dec 2021
    source 'https://rubygems.org' git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby '2.7.3' # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails' gem 'rails', '~> 6.0.3', '>= 6.0.3.7' gem 'mongoid', git: 'https://github.com/mongodb/mongoid.git' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 4.1' # Use SCSS for stylesheets gem 'sass-rails', '>= 6' # Transpile app-like JavaScript. Read more: https://github.com/rails/webpacker gem 'webpacker', '~> 4.0' # Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem 'redis', '~> 4.0' # Use Active Model has_secure_password # Use Active Storage variant # gem 'image_processing', '~> 1.2' gem 'axlsx' gem 'caxlsx_rails' #Bootstrap for UI gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.1.0' gem 'bootstrap-timepicker-rails', '~> 0.1.3' gem 'bootstrap-select-rails', '~> 1.6', '>= 1.6.3' #JQuery Rails gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'rails_12factor', group: :production # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.2', require: false group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw] end group :development do # Access an interactive console on exception pages or by calling 'console' anywhere in the code. gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0' gem 'listen', '~> 3.2' gem 'pry' # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring gem 'spring' gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0' end group :test do # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver gem 'capybara', '>= 2.15' gem 'selenium-webdriver' # Easy installation and use of web drivers to run system tests with browsers gem 'webdrivers' gem 'cucumber-rails', require: false gem 'database_cleaner' end # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby] #HTTParty for RESTful API calls gem 'httparty' #Paperclip for storing files gem 'paperclip' gem "mongoid-paperclip", :require => "mongoid_paperclip" gem "letter_opener", :group => :development r
  • RSpec with FactoryBot keeps increasing ID in the database
    4 projects | /r/rails | 27 Jul 2021
    # frozen_string_literal: true source 'https://rubygems.org' git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby '3.0.0' gem 'devise-jwt', '~> 0.8.1' gem 'dotenv-rails' # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails', branch: 'main' gem 'rails', '~> 6.1.4' # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record # gem 'sqlite3', '~> 1.4' gem 'pg' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 5.0' gem 'rack-cors' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder # gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem 'redis', '~> 4.0' # Use Active Model has_secure_password gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7' # Use Active Storage variant # gem 'image_processing', '~> 1.2' # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.4', require: false # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible # gem 'rack-cors' group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: %i[mri mingw x64_mingw] gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 5.0.0' gem 'factory_bot_rails' end group :development do gem 'listen', '~> 3.3' # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring gem 'spring' end # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: %i[mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby]
  • Can Zeitwerk only reload files that have been changed?
    1 project | /r/rails | 19 Jul 2021
    Have you tried spring https://github.com/rails/spring ? Designed to do that kind of hot reloading in development.
  • Working on getting a class project up and going into Heroku, keep running into this, any ideas on what’s going on and what to do?
    6 projects | /r/Heroku | 22 Apr 2021
    # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring

Puma

Posts with mentions or reviews of Puma. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-21.
  • Breaking the 300 barrier
    3 projects | dev.to | 21 Feb 2024
    As we use Puma as our webserver for our rails application, I quickly went to Puma's config file which typically resides in config/puma.rb. The config was set as
  • Would you consider Rails as stable nowadays ?
    2 projects | /r/rails | 8 Dec 2023
    They do! It's in the first section of the readme on the repo:
  • Hosting Rails App on AWS
    2 projects | /r/rails | 27 Jun 2023
    Start with service with systemd
  • Recommended way to implement Puma plugin configuration
    1 project | /r/ruby | 2 Jun 2023
  • Could not detect rake tasks
    6 projects | /r/rails | 3 May 2023
    # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] # gem "jbuilder" gem 'rack-cors' gem "devise" gem "jsonapi-serializer" gem 'devise-jwt' gem 'active_model_serializers' gem 'followability' gem 'dotenv-rails', groups: [:development, :test, :production] gem 'sprockets' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem "redis", "~> 4.0" # Use Kredis to get higher-level data types in Redis [https://github.com/rails/kredis] # gem "kredis" # Use Active Model has_secure_password [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_model_basics.html#securepassword] # gem "bcrypt", "~> 3.1.7" # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images] # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2" # Use Rack CORS for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), making cross-origin AJAX possible # gem "rack-cors" group :development, :test do # See https://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#debugging-with-the-debug-gem gem "debug", platforms: %i[ mri mingw x64_mingw ] end group :development do gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Speed up commands on slow machines / big apps [https://github.com/rails/spring] # gem "spring" end group :production do gem 'pg' end
  • Dusting off my rails knowledge, need some tips / guidance on rails 7 and production
    10 projects | /r/rails | 7 Apr 2023
    source "https://rubygems.org" git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby "3.1.0" # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main" gem "rails", "~> 7.0.4", ">= 7.0.4.2" # The original asset pipeline for Rails [https://github.com/rails/sprockets-rails] gem "sprockets-rails" # Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record gem "sqlite3", "~> 1.4" # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma] gem "puma", "~> 5.0" # Use JavaScript with ESM import maps [https://github.com/rails/importmap-rails] gem "importmap-rails" # Hotwire's SPA-like page accelerator [https://turbo.hotwired.dev] gem "turbo-rails" # Hotwire's modest JavaScript framework [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev] gem "stimulus-rails" # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder] gem "jbuilder" gem "mongoid" gem "mongoid-grid_fs" gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.2.2' #sourced from https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-rubygem gem 'rack-cors' # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[ mingw mswin x64_mingw jruby ] # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem "bootsnap", require: false
  • Write your own Domain Specific Language in Ruby
    2 projects | dev.to | 6 Feb 2023
    That doesn't mean one excludes the other. Gems like Puma use the instance_eval method for their configuration file.
  • Welcome to Puma 6: Sunflower
    1 project | /r/hypeurls | 22 Oct 2022
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Oct 2022
  • puma 6.0 released
    2 projects | /r/ruby | 21 Oct 2022
    Anyway I did it: https://github.com/puma/puma/issues/3003 It's quite more complicated: https://github.com/puma/puma/issues/2999 A fix is in progress: https://github.com/puma/puma/pull/3002

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Spring and Puma you can also consider the following projects:

Parallel Tests - Ruby: 2 CPUs = 2x Testing Speed for RSpec, Test::Unit and Cucumber

Thin - A very fast & simple Ruby web server

mutant - Automated code reviews via mutation testing - semantic code coverage.

falcon - A high-performance web server for Ruby, supporting HTTP/1, HTTP/2 and TLS.

vcr - Record your test suite's HTTP interactions and replay them during future test runs for fast, deterministic, accurate tests.

Phusion Passenger - A fast and robust web server and application server for Ruby, Python and Node.js

Knapsack - Knapsack splits tests evenly across parallel CI nodes to run fast CI build and save you time.

Iodine - iodine - HTTP / WebSockets Server for Ruby with Pub/Sub support

Wrong - Wrong provides a general assert method that takes a predicate block. Assertion failure messages are rich in detail.

Goliath - Goliath is a non-blocking Ruby web server framework

timecop - A gem providing "time travel", "time freezing", and "time acceleration" capabilities, making it simple to test time-dependent code. It provides a unified method to mock Time.now, Date.today, and DateTime.now in a single call.

Unicorn - Unofficial Unicorn Mirror.