trailsjs/trails

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Trails is a convention-based web application framework for Node.js inspired by Rails and Grails, using a plugin system called Trailpacks to integrate routers, ORMs, and servers like Express or Hapi. It provides Yeoman-based scaffolding for models, controllers, policies, and services.

Use cases

• build a REST API in Node.js with convention-based structure
• scaffold a Node.js web application like Rails
• build microservices with a modular plugin framework
• swap between Express and Hapi servers in one framework
• rapidly generate models, controllers, and services

When to choose

• you want a Rails-style convention-over-configuration framework in Node.js
• you need a pluggable architecture for mixing Express/Hapi with different ORMs

When to avoid

• you need an actively maintained framework - the last release was 2018
• you prefer minimal, unopinionated tooling
• you need modern Node.js version support and ecosystem compatibility

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

web-framework routing middleware orm web-development backend apis cross-platform rails-inspired convention-over-configuration trailpacks yeoman-scaffolding rest-api microservices nodejs

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