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Falcon vs Sinatra: What are the differences?
Falcon: High-performance Python framework for building cloud APIs and web app backends. Falcon is a minimalist WSGI library for building speedy web APIs and app backends. We like to think of Falcon as the Dieter Rams of web frameworks; Sinatra: Classy web-development dressed in a DSL. Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.
Falcon and Sinatra can be primarily classified as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.
"Python" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Falcon, while over 63 developers mention "Lightweight" as the leading cause for choosing Sinatra.
Falcon and Sinatra are both open source tools. It seems that Sinatra with 10.6K GitHub stars and 1.89K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Falcon with 6.74K GitHub stars and 700 GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, Sinatra has a broader approval, being mentioned in 92 company stacks & 33 developers stacks; compared to Falcon, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
Pros of Falcon
- Python13
- FAST11
- Minimal10
- Open source8
- REST oriented8
- Well designed8
- Powerful6
- Really Light Weight6
- Documentation5
- Easy to develop and maintain applications5
- Easy to get started3
- Easy to deploy3
- Its simple while not limited2
- Faster1
- Kkk0
Pros of Sinatra
- Lightweight65
- Simple50
- Open source35
- Ruby20
- Great ecosystem of tools13
- Ease of use10
- If you know http you know sinatra8
- Large Community5
- Fast5
- Flexibilty and easy to use1
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