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Ruby on Rails is an iconic, free and open source, server-side web application framework released under the liberal MIT license. The Ruby-based framework has helped millions of developer make their ideas a reality. The framework is opinionated and promotes best standards and practices for web development. When combining that with a community that is open, helpful and guiding, it's not hard to see why Ruby on Rails is one of the most loved web application frameworks to this day. Ruby on Rails is also used by industry giants like Basecamp, HEY, GitHub, Shopify, Airbnb, Twitch, SoundCloud, Hulu, Zendesk, Square, Cookpad.

Sinatra is a free and open source DSL library for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort. Sinatra is loved by many due to its simplicity and ease-of-user. For Ruby developers, Sinatra is an alternative to web application frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Merb, Nitro, and Camping.

Scalatra is a simple, accessible and free web micro-framework. It combines the power of the JVM with the beauty and brevity of Scala, helping you quickly build high-performance web sites and APIs.

Laravel is an extremely popular, free and open source web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. The framework is written in PHP and provides a developer experience that rival most web application frameworks on the market today. The structure and built-in features of Laravel allows developers to build web applications faster. Instead of setting up tooling and configuring settings, developers can focus on the important task at hand, making their ideas into reality.

Zend Framework is a web application framework written in PHP that has an open architecture based on middleware or MVC which follows PHP-FIG standards. The framework is designed to follow the best security practices and stores passwords using bcrypt and encrypts data with AES-256. Zend Framework consists of multiple PHP packages that are designed to run separately or work interchangeably together. With Zend Framework you can develop web applications and services using PHP 5.6+, while writing 100% object-oriented code, broad spectrum of PHP specific features.

PHP Microsite Boilerplate is a PHP framework to create simple, yet strongly functional, fast, and secure websites on basically every environment. PHP Microsite Boilerplate provides a simple starting block without installation of multiple dependencies and exhausting setup and configuration process. Allowing people to focus on building their website and simply host on cheap share hosting, cloud instances and hardware.