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Followers34

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Followers106

+ 1

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actionhero.js vs Grape: What are the differences?

What is actionhero.js? The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server. The Reusable, Scalable, and Quick node.js API Server.

What is Grape? An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby. 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.

actionhero.js and Grape belong to "Microframeworks (Backend)" category of the tech stack.

"Fast" is the top reason why over 4 developers like actionhero.js, while over 3 developers mention "Well documented" as the leading cause for choosing Grape.

actionhero.js and Grape are both open source tools. Grape with 8.87K GitHub stars and 1.09K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than actionhero.js with 2.01K GitHub stars and 242 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Actionhero

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Fast
6
Lightweight
4
Same API code for many transports (HTTP, Socket, etc)
4
Clear and declarative routing and controllers
1
Simple

4
Open source
4
Well documented
2
Can be used to apply good security to the whole API

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Cons of Grape

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Speed

1
Code structure makes reuse difficult

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What is Actionhero?

It is a multi-transport #nodejs API Server with integrated cluster capabilities and delayed tasks.

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.

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