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ExpressJS vs Grape: What are the differences?

ExpressJS: Sinatra inspired web development framework for node.js -- insanely fast, flexible, and simple. 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; Grape: An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby. Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs. It has built-in support for common conventions, including multiple formats, subdomain/prefix restriction, content negotiation, versioning and much more.

ExpressJS and Grape belong to "Microframeworks (Backend)" category of the tech stack.

"Simple" is the top reason why over 321 developers like ExpressJS, while over 3 developers mention "Well documented" as the leading cause for choosing Grape.

ExpressJS and Grape are both open source tools. ExpressJS with 44.6K GitHub stars and 7.48K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Grape with 8.87K GitHub stars and 1.09K GitHub forks.

Twitter, Intuit, and OpenTable are some of the popular companies that use ExpressJS, whereas Grape is used by DivShot, TaxJar, and Master Of Code Global. ExpressJS has a broader approval, being mentioned in 854 company stacks & 788 developers stacks; compared to Grape, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.

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Pros of ExpressJS
Pros of Grape
  • 378
    Simple
  • 333
    Node.js
  • 242
    Javascript
  • 192
    High performance
  • 150
    Robust routing
  • 71
    Middlewares
  • 70
    Open source
  • 57
    Great community
  • 37
    Hybrid web applications
  • 13
    Well documented
  • 9
    Sinatra inspired
  • 9
    Rapid development
  • 7
    Isomorphic js.. superfast and easy
  • 5
    Socket connection
  • 5
    Light weight
  • 4
    Npm
  • 4
    Resource available for learning
  • 3
    Event loop
  • 3
    Callbacks
  • 2
    Data stream
  • 4
    Open source
  • 4
    Well documented
  • 2
    Can be used to apply good security to the whole API

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Cons of ExpressJS
Cons of Grape
  • 27
    Not python
  • 17
    Overrated
  • 14
    No multithreading
  • 9
    Javascript
  • 5
    Not fast
  • 2
    Easily Insecure for Novices
  • 1
    Code structure makes reuse difficult

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What is 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.

What is Grape?

Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs. It has built-in support for common conventions, including multiple formats, subdomain/prefix restriction, content negotiation, versioning and much more.

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