Mojolicious
Mojolicious is a next-generation, open-source Perl web framework that emphasizes simplicity, flexibility, and real-time communication. It provides a full-stack solution, including a web server, client, templating system, and integrated WebSocket support, enabling developers to build scalable web…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2009
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Mojolicious was created to address the perceived complexity and boilerplate associated with existing Perl web frameworks like Catalyst, offering a simpler, more modern, and dependency-light alternative. It sought to provide native, elegant solutions for modern web paradigms such as asynchronous I/O and real-time communication via WebSockets, which were often cumbersome to implement in older frameworks.
- Platforms
- Linux, BSD, Any platform supporting Perl, Windows, macOS