# Camping

Ruby micro web framework that keeps a small application in a few files, organized as Model-View-Controller.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/camping/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/camping/camping
- docs: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/book/01_introduction.md
- discord: https://discord.gg/JSmPBsWgFt
- forum: https://www.rubyforum.org/tag/camping

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: community
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local, per-request, always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: gem install camping

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-08-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 993
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 35
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 799
- dependentPackages: 29

### Sources

- status: https://rubycamping.org/ (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/camping/camping (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/camping/camping (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/book/08_publishing_an_app.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/book/08_publishing_an_app.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://rubygems.org/api/v2/rubygems/camping/versions/3.2.6.json (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/COPYING (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/COPYING (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/camping.json (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/camping/camping/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/camping/camping/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/camping/camping (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/camping/camping/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-24)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/camping (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/camping (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Camping is a micro web framework for Ruby that keeps a complete application small enough for a few files. Each app follows the Model-View-Controller pattern, and the framework supports several apps that run together, each with its own models, routes and controllers. The [README](https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/main/README.md) describes installation with the gem command from RubyGems and a development mode run with the camping command, which it recommends running locally. The publishing chapter of the book describes running an app as a CGI script that the web server starts for each request, and as a Camping server on a machine that stays on.

## Worth knowing

The original work is credited to why the lucky stiff, and the project is now maintained by its community through the GitHub repository.

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