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24 alternatives to Lotus

A complete web framework for Ruby

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lotus launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   RubySteps▲66

   A daily coding practice.

   2014 · patmaddox.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Artoo▲61

   Framework for physical devices written in Ruby

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Gondola▲69

   The web framework for Go programming language

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Ivy▲129

   Publishing platform for interactive technical training

   2016 · ivyapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Changelog #202: 23 Years of Ruby with Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)▲79

   The origins of the Ruby programming language

   2016 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Lumen▲173

   A PHP micro-framework by Laravel

   2015 · lumen.laravel.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Atom▲145

   A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

   2014 · github.blog · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sidekiq▲3

   The best background processing for Ruby

   2015 · sidekiq.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    AniJS▲87

    UI Interaction Library for Web Designers in Plain English

    2014 · anijs.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    MatrixDS▲79

    The data community's workbench

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Ivy▲6

    A static website generator built in Python

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Honeybadger▲76

    Exception, uptime, and performance monitoring for Ruby.

    2014 · honeybadger.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Wolfram Cloud▲63

    The power of the Wolfram language in the cloud

    2014 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Puma▲2

    A Modern Concurrent Web Server for Ruby

    2015 · puma.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Monkberry▲6

    A JavaScript library for building web user interfaces

    2016 · monkberry.js.org · its alternatives →

18. 18
    nickel.rs▲5

    Web framework for Mozilla's expressive programming language

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19PW
    Progressive Web App “An Easy Programming Language”▲5

    2018 · easyprog.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Rodeo▲4

    A data science IDE for Python

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    RailsClips▲2

    A weekly video series dedicated to web development with Ruby

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22RU
    RefactorCop – Using Rubocop to analyze open source ruby projects▲5

    2014 · refactorcop.com · its alternatives →

23. 23LF
    Lightning fast search for Rubygems▲7

    2015 · rubygems.algolia.com · its alternatives →

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    Tinker▲16

    Building a computer program that learns from data

    2016 · playground.tensorflow.org · its alternatives →

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