# Falcon

Multi-process, multi-fiber Rack-compatible HTTP server for Ruby web applications, with HTTP/2 and TLS.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/falcon-rb/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- home: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/
- repository: https://github.com/socketry/falcon
- docs: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/getting-started/index.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Samuel Williams
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.3
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: rubygems

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3053
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 29
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/ (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/socketry/falcon (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/getting-started/index.html (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/main/license.md (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/main/license.md (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/ (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/socketry/falcon (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/getting-started/index.html (read 2026-10-29)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/v0.57.0/falcon.gemspec (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/deployment/index.html (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/getting-started/index.html (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/getting-started/index.html (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/main/license.md (read 2026-10-29)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/main/license.md (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v2/rubygems/falcon/versions/0.2.0.json (read 2026-10-29)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/releases/tag/v0.57.0 (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/socketry/falcon/releases/tag/v0.57.0 (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/socketry/falcon (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/socketry/falcon/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

Falcon is a Rack-compatible HTTP server for Ruby web applications, published as the falcon gem. It runs as a multi-process, multi-fiber server, and its deployment guide states that it can be deployed into production as a standalone application server.

Falcon is built on top of the async gems, separate packages by the same maintainer. It installs with `bundle add falcon` or `gem install falcon`.

## Worth knowing

The maintainer offers priority business support through socketry.io.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0