# Sinatra

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra/169101>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 29, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra/169101 "2009-05-29T13:12:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra/169101/1 "2009-05-29T13:12:07Z")

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Is anyone familiar with Sinatra? Is it a framework used in lieu of  
Rails – or within it (I cannnot really tell from the docs).

Anyone’s thoughts on this, pro and con?

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra/169101/2 "2009-05-29T13:15:40Z")

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Hi Janna,  
I am working on Sinatra from last 6 months, let me know if you need  
anything  
[http://www.sinatrarb.com/](http://www.sinatrarb.com/) here get the docs,  
This framework is tiny but very powerful.

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**Author:** ![JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@JannaB](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/JannaB)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sinatra/169101/3 "2009-05-29T16:46:56Z")

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JannaB wrote:

> Is anyone familiar with Sinatra? Is it a framework used in lieu of  
> Rails – or within it (I cannnot really tell from the docs).

Haven’t used it (yet) however just to say its an alternative  
‘light-weight’ framework to rails.