Orion is a minimal, omni-conventional, declarative web framework inspired by the ruby-on-rails router and controller components.
It provides the routing, view, and controller framework of your application in a way that can be as simple or complex as you need it to fit your use case.
Orion is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Designed to be as simple as you want it to be – a few lines will get you a functioning web app.
- Extremely flexible – inspired by the rails routing and controller framework and therefore has support for scope, concerns, use HTTP::Handler, constraints and more.
- Ships with helpful features such as view rendering and static content delivery.
Website: obsidian.github.io/orion
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Obsidian Crystal
License: MIT License
Orion is written in Crystal. Learn Crystal with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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