# Do i need a framework?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-a-framework/129017>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 13, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-a-framework/129017 "2008-02-13T16:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rodrigo\_CortSSSSs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rodrigo\_CortSSSSs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rodrigo_CortSSSSs)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-a-framework/129017/1 "2008-02-13T16:12:01Z")

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I want to write some scripts to render html pages on a web server. Do  
i need a framework like ror to do that?? or can i just put this script  
on my webroot directory and call it from a browser???  
I have lighttpd web server.

Kind regards.

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**Author:** ![Rodrigo\_CortSSSSs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rodrigo\_CortSSSSs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rodrigo_CortSSSSs)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-i-need-a-framework/129017/2 "2008-02-13T18:32:11Z")

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Rodrigo Cortés wrote:

> I want to write some scripts to render html pages on a web server. Do  
> i need a framework like ror to do that?? or can i just put this script  
> on my webroot directory and call it from a browser???  
> I have lighttpd web server.
> 
> Kind regards.

Depends on your needs. At any rate I recommend you to try out ramaze, it  
is lightweight but very flexible and very actively maintained.

Btw you can still use a .cgi page without a problem too. And Webrick  
exists out-of-the-box as well, for smaller pages it is very good.