# Marten

Web framework for Crystal with an ORM, migrations, templates, sessions, authentication and internationalization built in.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/marten/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://martenframework.com
- repository: https://github.com/martenframework/marten
- docs: https://martenframework.com/docs
- x: https://x.com/martenframework
- mastodon: https://indieweb.social/@martenframework
- discord: https://discord.gg/499Vwt6kTc

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Morgan Aubert
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: binary
- language: crystal
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mariadb, mysql, postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: marten template language
- i18n: yes, translations and localized content

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: Homebrew (brew install marten)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-10

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 489
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 27
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://martenframework.com (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/martenframework/marten/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/martenframework/marten/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://martenframework.com/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/martenframework/marten/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://martenframework.com (read 2026-10-26)
- databases: https://martenframework.com/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-26)
- i18n: https://martenframework.com/docs/i18n (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://martenframework.com (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/martenframework/marten/blob/main/docs/docs/deployment/how-to/deploy-to-an-ubuntu-server.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://martenframework.com/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://martenframework.com/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://martenframework.com/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/martenframework/marten/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/martenframework/marten/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/martenframework/marten/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Marten is a web framework for Crystal. Handlers process web requests and return responses, and templates define the HTML they render. The framework ships with translations and localized content, and it supports MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite3 as databases.

A project is installed with Homebrew, the AUR or from the sources, which provides the `marten` CLI. A deployed project is a compiled server binary that runs as a SystemD service.

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