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actionhero.js vs Rails API: What are the differences?
Developers describe actionhero.js as "The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server". The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server. On the other hand, Rails API is detailed as "Rails for API only applications". Rails::API is a subset of a normal Rails application, created for applications that don't require all functionality that a complete Rails application provides. It is a bit more lightweight, and consequently a bit faster than a normal Rails application. The main example for its usage is in API applications only, where you usually don't need the entire Rails middleware stack nor template generation.
actionhero.js and Rails API can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.
"Fast" is the primary reason why developers consider actionhero.js over the competitors, whereas "Great for quick decoupled apps" was stated as the key factor in picking Rails API.
actionhero.js and Rails API are both open source tools. It seems that Rails API with 5.26K GitHub stars and 293 forks on GitHub has more adoption than actionhero.js with 2.01K GitHub stars and 242 GitHub forks.
Pros of Actionhero
- Fast6
- Lightweight6
- Same API code for many transports (HTTP, Socket, etc)4
- Clear and declarative routing and controllers4
- Simple1
Pros of Rails API
- Great for quick decoupled apps5
- Lightweight5
- Simply the best3
- Soon to be merged into core Rails 52
- Logging by default1
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Cons of Actionhero
- Speed1
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