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Actionhero
ByActionheroActionhero

Actionhero

#34in Microframeworks
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What is Actionhero?

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

Actionhero is a tool in the Microframeworks category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Easy-to-use actionsBuilt-in tasksCluster-readyLocalizationRoutingApi-first developmentFile server

Actionhero Pros & Cons

Pros of Actionhero

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

Cons of Actionhero

  • ✗Speed

Actionhero Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Actionhero?

ExpressJS

ExpressJS

Express is a minimal and flexible node.js web application framework, providing a robust set of features for building single and multi-page, and hybrid web applications.

Flask

Flask

Flask is intended for getting started very quickly and was developed with best intentions in mind.

Django REST framework

Django REST framework

It is a powerful and flexible toolkit that makes it easy to build Web APIs.

FastAPI

FastAPI

It is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.

Sinatra

Sinatra

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

Koa

Koa

Koa aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs. Through leveraging generators Koa allows you to ditch callbacks and greatly increase error-handling. Koa does not bundle any middleware.

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Actionhero Integrations

MapDB, Node.js, Redis, Resque are some of the popular tools that integrate with Actionhero. Here's a list of all 4 tools that integrate with Actionhero.

MapDB
MapDB
Node.js
Node.js
Redis
Redis
Resque
Resque
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