Grails Alternatives

Apps similar to Grails include Django, which is free and open source. Other options are Ktor, Ruby on Rails, Symfony and CodeIgniter. You're spoiled for choice with Software Frameworks like Grails: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Backdrop CMS icon
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    Backdrop CMS is a simple, lightweight, and easy to use Content Management System used to build attractive, professional websites. Use it for everything from a single-administrator's personal blog site, to a complex, multi-role, business e-commerce platform.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. ViUR.is icon
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    ViUR – the Information System for the Google App Engine™ plattform – is a »sandbox« for designers and developers. With the help of ViUR you can easy build web applications running on Google's infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. ASP.NET MVC icon
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    The ASP.NET MVC is a framework for building scalable, standards-based web applications using the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern and the power of ASP.NET and the .NET Framework .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Koa icon
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    Expressive middleware for node.js using generators via co to make web applications and APIs more enjoyable to write. Koa's middleware flow in a stack-like manner allowing you to perform actions downstream, then filter and manipulate the response upstream.

    89 Koa alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  5. Play! icon
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    Play is a web application framework, written in Scala and Java, which follows the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Pyramid icon
     9 likes

    Pyramid is an open source web framework written in Python and is based on WSGI. It is a minimalistic web framework inspired by Zope, Pylons and Django.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Python
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  7. Portofino icon
     23 likes

    Portofino is a free and open source web framework that helps developers create outstanding enterprise applications by addressing three specific needs: productivity, features and architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Xataface icon
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    Xataface is a flexible and shapable skin that sits on top of MySQL, making it accessible to every-day users. It automatically generates the appropriate forms, lists, and menus for a user to interact with the database without having to know any SQL.

    44 Xataface alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  9.  6 likes

    Small and carefully designed PHP 5.2+ HMVC framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  10. Silex - The PHP micro-framework based on Symfony2 Components

    Silex is a PHP microframework for PHP 5.3. It is built on the shoulders of Symfony2 and Pimple and also inspired by sinatra.

    A microframework provides the guts for building simple single-file apps. Silex aims to be:

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Pedestal icon
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    Pedestal is a web application framework written in Clojure that aims to bring both the language and its principles to client and server-side development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. jHipster icon
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    JHipster is a Yeoman generator, used to create a Spring Boot + Angular project. Goal is to generate for you a complete and modern CRUD Web app, close to production-ready.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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