Crumble is an all-in-one web framework for building server-rendered applications with the Crystal programming language.
It brings together typed HTML views, REST-style resources, session handling, forms, and a fingerprinted asset pipeline.
The framework lets developers build full-stack applications in a single binary without a front-end build step. Views, CSS, and even JavaScript can be defined using typed Crystal DSLs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Build server-rendered web applications entirely with Crystal.
- Create statically typed HTML views using a dedicated DSL.
- Define CSS alongside markup with typed styling tools.
- Support for REST-style resources and conventional routing.
- Declare URL parameters and nested paths with path-matching macros.
- Build typed forms with field rendering and submitted value parsing.
- Use before hooks to control requests and return HTTP status codes.
- Serve fingerprinted static assets with cache-busting ETags.
- Generate starter application layouts with the Crumble CLI.
- Package full-stack applications in a single binary without a front-end build step.
Website: github.com/sbsoftware/crumble
Support:
Developer: Stefan Bilharz
License: MIT License
Crumble is written in Crystal. Learn Crystal with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Crystal Web Frameworks | |
|---|---|
| Lucky | Full-featured Crystal web framework that catches bugs |
| Kemal | Very simple web framework |
| Amber | Web framework that makes building applications fast, simple, and enjoyable |
| Marten | Enables pragmatic development and rapid prototyping |
| Grip | Microframework for building RESTful web applications |
| Spider-Gazelle | Rails esque web framework |
| Athena | Ecosystem of reusable, independent Crystal components |
| Crumble | All-in-one web framework |
| Orion | Omni-conventional, declarative framework inspired by ruby-on-rails router |
| Onyx | Powerful general purpose framework with type safety |
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