Is a tiny ruby framework built for fast prototyping web applications.

It comes with:

• mongoDB for the database
• a REST API for your models
• WebSockets support for realtime communication
• auto-generating documentation
• auto-generating admin interface

Inspired by Rails and Sinatra, this framework aims to make you write the least amount of code possible. It plays well with mobile, client side frameworks (ex: Angular) and deployment is standard (similar to Rails/Sinatra).

example app

This todo application requires a title and a description, the title is unique and deleting items is not allowed.

class Todo < Ki::Model
  requires :title, :description
  unique :title
  forbid :delete

  def before_all
    puts 'i am called before all requests'
  end

  def before_create
    params['created_at'] = Time.now.to_i
  end

  def after_find
    puts 'i am called after find'
  end
end

The application generates a full-blown RESTful api for each class which extends Ki::Model.

For realtime communication, ki uses WebSockets. Users connect to ki at the /realtime WebSocket endpoint and subscribe to channels. Once subscribed, they will receive all the messages from their channels. Read more about realtime.

tutorial

Here is a tutorial which will take you though ki features.

Example applications built with ki:

• json cloud storage
• rhubarb
• mango - note: no client side encryption yet.