Ruby on Rails AlternativesWeb Frameworks and other similar apps like Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is described as 'Open source full-stack framework using Ruby, offering MVC architecture, Active Record ORM, scaffolding, secure defaults, RESTful design, and integrated testing' and is a popular Web Framework in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ruby on Rails for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Ruby on Rails alternative is Django, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ruby on Rails are Laravel, Symfony, ASP.NET and Meteor.

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  1. Django icon

    Django

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    Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel.

    50 Django alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Almost everyone thinks Django is a great Ruby on Rails alternative.

    • Django is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Ruby on Rails.

    • Django is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ruby on Rails.

    • Django is Free and Open SourceRuby on Rails is also Free and Open Source
    • Django is Security-focusedRuby on Rails is not according to our users
  2. Laravel icon

    Laravel

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    Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We’ve already laid the foundation — freeing you to create without sweating the small things.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  4. Symfony icon

    Symfony

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    Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components and a PHP framework to build web applications, APIs, microservices and web services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PHP
    • BSD
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  5. ASP.NET icon

    ASP.NET

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    Asp.net is an open source server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages, web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You can also create Web APIs, mobile sites, use real-time technologies like Web Sockets and more!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    ASP.NET screenshot 1
     
  6. Meteor icon

    Meteor

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    Meteor is a set of new technologies for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time. It is built around Smart Packages: little bundles of code that can run on a client, inside a cloud service, or both, and that can manage their lifetime inside the modern distributed...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Jmix icon

    Jmix

     67 likes
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    Jmix provides powerful full stack architecture along with Rapid Application Development tools for easy start and fast development of modern business web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Jmix screenshot 1
     
  9. Zend Framework icon

    Zend Framework

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    Extending the art & spirit of PHP, Zend Framework is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing, and a rigorously tested agile codebase. Zend Framework is focused on building more secure, reliable, and modern Web 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     

    • Zend Framework is the most popular Web-based alternative to Ruby on Rails.

    • Zend Framework is Free and Open SourceRuby on Rails is also Free and Open Source
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    CodeIgniter

     70 likes
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    CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    CodeIgniter screenshot 1
     
  11. Grails icon

    Grails

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    Grails is a high-productivity web framework based on the Groovy language that embraces the coding by convention paradigm, but is designed specifically for the Java platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. ASP.NET MVC icon

    ASP.NET MVC

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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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    Play!

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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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    web2py

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    Web2py is an open source web application framework. Web2py is written in the Python language and is programmable in Python. Since web2py was originally designed as a teaching tool with emphasis on ease of use and deployment, it does not have any project-level configuration...

    17 web2py alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    Demo Admin Site http://www.web2py.com/demo_admin/default/site
     
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