Falcon
Multi-process, multi-fiber Rack-compatible HTTP server for Ruby web applications, with HTTP/2 and TLS.
socketry.github.io/falcon/repositorydocs
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.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Samuel Williams4
- Maintained by
- Individual4
- First release
- 20177
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-29: links, Categories
socketry.github.io/falcon/ - 2026-10-29: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/socketry/falcon - 2026-10-29: links, Runtime, Install with
socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/getting-started/index.html - 2026-10-29: Maintainer, Maintained by, License, License model
github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/main/license.md - 2026-10-29: Minimum runtime
github.com/socketry/falcon/blob/v0.57.0/falcon.gemspec - 2026-10-29: Runs as
socketry.github.io/falcon/guides/deployment/index.html - 2026-10-29: First release
rubygems.org/api/v2/rubygems/falcon/versions/0.2.0.json - 2026-10-29: Current major version, Last release
github.com/socketry/falcon/releases/tag/v0.57.0 - 2026-10-29: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/socketry/falcon/contributors?per_page=1