# Radiant on Merb

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972 "2008-01-23T21:51:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sbusso)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972/1 "2008-01-23T21:51:33Z")

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Has anybody though, tried or made a use of Radiant on  
Merb[[http://merbivore.com/](http://merbivore.com/)] framework yet?

–  
Stephane

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**Author:** ![sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sbusso)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972/2 "2008-01-23T22:14:34Z")

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Radiant is tightly coupled to Rails at the moment, but it would be an  
interesting academic exercise. Someone at Boulder.rb suggested that we  
might use gem plugins as an alternative to extensions, which IIRC is the  
“Merb Way”.

Sean

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**Author:** ![sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sbusso)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972/3 "2008-01-23T22:39:09Z")

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Thanks Sean for your fast reaction.

Merb is not so far from rails, without so much magic and helpers, no  
ajax. On Merb you can use ActiveRecord.

Then, from a quick look at Radiant’s code, that’s what I guess:

- models are based on ActiveRecord
- libs are almost ruby code and playing with models and radius
- controllers maybe need some changes
- views should need some changes but maybe not so much (biggest part:  
application layout)

Do I miss something? (surely :p)

The good thing is that Radiant and Merb share the same philosophy, both  
are minimal: simple, clear, lightweight and extensible.

–  
Stephane

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**Author:** ![sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sbusso)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972/4 "2008-01-23T22:48:39Z")

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The things that tie Radiant tightly to Rails are its extension  
architecture and the goal that Radiant should continue to be a “model  
Rails application”.

Sean

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**Author:** ![sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sbusso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sbusso)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-on-merb/126972/5 "2008-02-17T20:40:22Z")

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I 'm curious about porting Radiant to Merb then I started the challenge.  
For those who are interested in the same challenge, I set up a  
repository: [http://gitorious.org/projects/merb\_radiant](http://gitorious.org/projects/merb_radiant). Then please feel  
free to participate.

– Stephane