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A couple similar frameworks -- Flask [1] and Tir [2] -- use the term microframework or micro-framework. [1] http://flask.pocoo.org/ http://flask.pocoo.org/ [2]

• generalk 16y ago
  I like microframework or lightweight framework. Both communicate that the framework isn't a full-stack, Django/Rails-type affair, and neither is particularly charged. Nobody's going to get into an architecture argument about scaling or ease-of-use using those terms.
• draegtun 16y ago
  It was with Camping (http://camping.rubyforge.org/ http://camping.rubyforge.org/) that i first came across the term "web microframework" and its probable that all subsequent usage stems from this? However I believe the emphasis of microframework that Camping was trying to put across was more on its code size which came in at or under 4K [1]. So perhaps frameworks which also accomplish a small code footprint, for eg. Squatting (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Squatting/ http://search.cpan.org/dist/Squatting/), are best called microframeworks [2] However happy to use microframework for Sinatra, Dancer, Flask, etc in lieu for something better? (nepenthe suggestion in the comments of "convenience framework" seems good to me - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2286376 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2286376). [1] https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/master/lib/camping.rb https://github.com/camping/camping/blob/master/lib/camping.r... [2] https://github.com/beppu/squatting/blob/master/lib/squatting.pl https://github.com/beppu/squatting/blob/master/lib/squatting...