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Ruby on Rails vs Sinatra vs Hanami
A side-by-side look at how actively Ruby on Rails, Sinatra and Hanami are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Ruby on Rails is the most-starred of the 3, with 59k stars — about 9.2× Hanami's 6.4k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Ruby on Rails recorded the most commits (3.7k), against 30 for Sinatra.
- Ruby on Rails has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 38k.
- Relative to its popularity, Sinatra carries the lightest open-issue load: 2.2 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 8.2 for Ruby on Rails.
- Sinatra had gone 72 days without a push at the time of the snapshot.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Ruby on Rails Active | Sinatra Slowing | Hanami Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 59k | 12k | 6.4k |
| Forks | 24k | 2.1k | 552 |
| Contributors | 7.1k | 529 | 192 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 3.7k | 30 | 123 |
| Open issues | 482 | 27 | 24 |
| Open pull requests | 1.2k | 21 | 9 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 38k | 1.2k | 996 |
| Watchers | 2.3k | 357 | 176 |
| Last push | 30 Sep 2026 | 20 Jul 2026 | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | v8.1.4 (Sep 2026) | none published | v3.0.2 (Aug 2026) |
| Main language | Ruby | Ruby | Ruby |
| Licence | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Created | Apr 2008 | Jan 2009 | Aug 2013 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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