Ruby Web Frameworks

Open-source Ruby projects categorized as Web Frameworks

Top 21 Ruby Web Framework Projects

Web Frameworks
  1. Ruby on Rails

    Ruby on Rails

    Project mention: Open Source: A Goldmine for Indie Hackers – Unleashing Creativity and Collaboration | dev.to | 2025-03-05

    One of the standout benefits of open source software is its cost-effectiveness. Indie hackers can leverage robust tools such as MySQL and Python, which eliminate the financial barrier to high-quality software solutions. Frameworks like Django and Ruby on Rails enable swift development cycles, reducing the time-to-market for innovative ideas. This low-cost, high-efficiency approach allows entrepreneurs to focus on their core missions without worrying about expensive licensing fees.

  2. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

    CodeRabbit logo
  3. Sinatra

    Classy web-development dressed in a DSL (official / canonical repo)

  4. Hanami

    The web, with simplicity.

    Project mention: Should You Use Ruby on Rails or Hanami? | dev.to | 2024-05-08

    While Rails is very well-known in the Ruby community, Hanami is less so. It's a fairly new modern Ruby framework trying to take on Rails' dominance of the full-stack web framework space.

  5. Padrino

    Padrino is a full-stack ruby framework built upon Sinatra.

  6. Volt

    A Ruby web framework where your Ruby runs on both server and client

    Project mention: Volt: A Ruby web framework where your Ruby runs on both server and client | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-13
  7. Roda

    Routing Tree Web Toolkit

    Project mention: Roda: Routing Tree Web Toolkit to build fast, maintainable web apps in Ruby | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-14
  8. Cuba

    Rum based microframework for web development.

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    SaaSHub logo
  10. Camping

    the 5k pocket full-of-gags web microframework

    Project mention: Camping – Ruby Web Microframework | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-06-14
  11. Pakyow

    Design-First Web Framework

  12. rack-app

    minimalist framework for building rack applications

  13. Ramaze

    Ramaze is a simple, light and modular open-source web application framework written in Ruby.

  14. NYNY (New York, New York)

    a (ridiculously) small and powerful web framework.

  15. Scorched

    Light-weight, DRY as a desert, web framework for Ruby.

  16. Hobbit

    A minimalistic microframework built on top of Rack.

  17. Inesita

    Frontend web application framework in Ruby using Opal.

  18. Plezi

    Plezi - the Ruby framework for realtime web-apps, websockets and RESTful HTTP

  19. glimmer-dsl-web

    Glimmer DSL for Web (Ruby-in-the-Browser Web Frontend Framework). The "Rails" of Frontend Frameworks!!!

    Project mention: Glimmer DSL for Web Ruby Integration with JavaScript Libraries | dev.to | 2024-05-17

    Glimmer DSL for Web is a Ruby-in-the-Browser Web Frontend Framework that enables Rubyists to finally have Ruby productivity and happiness in the Frontend via a simpler, more intuitive, more straightforward, and more productive library than all JavaScript libraries like React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Svelte, etc.... Glimmer DSL for Web's Rails sample app "Sample Selector" has been upgraded with Code Syntax Highlighting by integrating with highlight.js. It demonstrates how to integrate with JavaScript libraries, how to build Glimmer Web Components in the Frontend, and how to make HTTP calls from a Ruby Frontend to a Ruby Backend in a Rails application, among other things.

  20. utopia

    A content-centric Ruby/Rack based web framework.

  21. Syro

    Simple router for web applications

  22. Nancy

    Minimal Ruby microframework for web development inspired in Sinatra and Cuba. (by guilleiguaran)

  23. data_type_validator

    Simple DSL for datatype validation for basic data types. Inspired from GRPC DSL

  24. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    SaaSHub logo
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).

Ruby Web Frameworks discussion

Log in or Post with

Ruby Web Frameworks related posts

  • Building a simple URL Shortener with Rails 8: A Step-by-Step Guide

    3 projects | dev.to | 27 Feb 2025
  • Explain why we need .ruby-version file but no ruby DSL method in Gemfile in Rails apps

    1 project | dev.to | 16 Feb 2025
  • The Mythical IO-Bound Rails App

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jan 2025
  • Exploring ActiveRecord::Base::normalizes in Rails 7.1

    1 project | dev.to | 22 Jan 2025
  • Roda: Routing Tree Web Toolkit to build fast, maintainable web apps in Ruby

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jan 2025
  • "Kubernetes Explained: Benefits, Use Cases, and Why Airbnb,Spotify and CERN Rely on It 🤖"

    1 project | dev.to | 1 Jan 2025
  • Introducing the `script` Folder in Rails 8 and a New Gem for Browser-Based Data Migration

    4 projects | dev.to | 20 Dec 2024
  • A note from our sponsor - SaaSHub
    www.saashub.com | 17 Mar 2025
    SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives Learn more →

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 56,574
2 Sinatra 12,252
3 Hanami 6,250
4 Padrino 3,384
5 Volt 3,214
6 Roda 2,110
7 Cuba 1,440
8 Camping 946
9 Pakyow 824
10 rack-app 412
11 Ramaze 373
12 NYNY (New York, New York) 315
13 Scorched 275
14 Hobbit 274
15 Inesita 259
16 Plezi 245
17 glimmer-dsl-web 174
18 utopia 142
19 Syro 138
20 Nancy 83
21 data_type_validator 1

Sponsored
CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers
Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.
coderabbit.ai

Did you know that Ruby is
the 12th most popular programming language
based on number of references?