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date: 2024-05-08T18:42:06Z

update: 2024-05-08T18:42:06Z

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Nim web frameworks

Tried out running a "hello world" app following ~vern wiki instructions, specifically the "Reverse-proxying a non-UNIX service" section. Worked well. Not sure if any of the web frameworks for Nim supports unix sockets to avoid using a port.

Some options:

HappyX: full stack. ~20 dependencies, works in 2.0.0. nim >= 1.6.14.
mike: looks relatively simple to use. Compiles in nim 2.0.0. nim >= 1.6.12.
Jester: backend framework, one of the most mature. nim <= 1.x.x only.
Supranim: fork of httpbeast, which powers Jester. WIP. nim >= 2.0.0.
jesterfork: development uncertain. Fork of jester for nim >= 2.0.0.
scorper: uses chronos, incompatible wtih stdlib async. nim >= 2.0.0.
Nexus: in maintenance mode. Define ORM in yaml. Uses jester. nim >= 1.6.0.
Phoon: repo archived on 2023*09*05. nim >= 1.6.0.
zfcore: async server, labelled production ready. Errored. nim >= 2.0.0.

```

# Error while attempting to compile a simple example.

~/.nimble/pkgs/zfcore-#head/zfcore/httpcontext.nim(289, 38) Error: attempting to call undeclared routine: 'getAllQueries'

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Others with a specialty:

Caprese: for real*time messaging. nim >= 1.6.4.
FastKISS: fastcgi server. In heavy development. nim >= 1.4.6.
Karax: single page application (SPA) framework. nim >= 0.18.0.
rosencrantz: library for building web services. nim >= 0.19.0.

Links

How to host websites on ~vern

Web frameworks