Grails (framework)

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Grails

Developer(s)	Graeme Rocher
Initial release	October, 2005
Stable release	6.1.2 / January 31, 2024
Repository	Grails Repository
Written in	Groovy
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	Cross-platform (JVM)
Type	Web application framework
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	grails.org

Grails is an open source web application framework that uses the Apache Groovy^{[1]: 757, §18} programming language (which is in turn based on the Java platform). It is intended to be a high-productivity framework by following the "coding by convention" paradigm, providing a stand-alone development environment and hiding much of the configuration detail from the developer.^{[citation needed]}

Grails was previously known as "Groovy on Rails"; in March 2006 that name was dropped in response to a request by David Heinemeier Hansson, founder of the Ruby on Rails framework.^[2] Work began in July 2005, with the 0.1 release on March 29, 2006, and the 1.0 release announced on February 18, 2008.