What is Grape?
Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs. It has built-in support for common conventions, including multiple formats, subdomain/prefix restriction, content negotiation, versioning and much more.
Grape is a tool in the Microframeworks (Backend) category of a tech stack.
Grape is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Grape's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Grape?
Companies
15 companies reportedly use Grape in their tech stacks, including Fiverr, Badi, and Beachy.
Developers
87 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Grape.
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Grape Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Grape?
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ExpressJS
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Flask
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Django REST framework
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