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Rocket vs Sinatra: What are the differences?

Rocket: Web Framework for Rust. Rocket is a web framework for Rust that makes it simple to write fast web applications without sacrificing flexibility or type safety. All with minimal code; Sinatra: Classy web-development dressed in a DSL. Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.

Rocket belongs to "Frameworks (Full Stack)" category of the tech stack, while Sinatra can be primarily classified under "Microframeworks (Backend)".

"Uses all the rust features extensively" is the top reason why over 2 developers like Rocket, while over 63 developers mention "Lightweight" as the leading cause for choosing Sinatra.

Rocket and Sinatra are both open source tools. Sinatra with 10.6K GitHub stars and 1.9K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Rocket with 7.42K GitHub stars and 500 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Rocket
Pros of Sinatra
  • 4
    Easy to use
  • 4
    Uses all the rust features extensively
  • 1
    Django analog in rust
  • 1
    Inbuilt templating feature
  • 1
    Provides nice abstractions
  • 65
    Lightweight
  • 50
    Simple
  • 35
    Open source
  • 20
    Ruby
  • 13
    Great ecosystem of tools
  • 10
    Ease of use
  • 8
    If you know http you know sinatra
  • 5
    Large Community
  • 5
    Fast
  • 1
    Flexibilty and easy to use

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Cons of Rocket
Cons of Sinatra
  • 1
    Only runs in nightly
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    What is Rocket?

    Rocket is a web framework for Rust that makes it simple to write fast web applications without sacrificing flexibility or type safety. All with minimal code.

    What is Sinatra?

    Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.

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