Tina4 Ruby
TINA4 — The Intelligent Native Application 4ramework
Simple. Fast. Human. | Built for AI. Built for you.
54 built-in features. Zero runtime dependencies. One require, everything works.
Quick Start
gem install tina4ruby
tina4ruby init my-app
cd my-app && tina4ruby serve
Code Examples
Tina4.get "/api/hello" do |request, response|
response.call({ message: "Hello from Tina4!" }, Tina4::HTTP_OK)
end
class User < Tina4::ORM
integer_field :id, primary_key: true, auto_increment: true
string_field :name
string_field :email
end
db = Tina4::Database.new("sqlite://app.db")
What's Included
| Category | Features |
|---|---|
| Core HTTP (7) | Router with path params ({id:int}, {p:path}), Server, Request/Response, Middleware pipeline, Static file serving, CORS |
| Database (6) | SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, Firebird — unified adapter, connection pooling, query cache, transactions, race-safe ID generation, SQL dialect translation |
| ORM (7) | Active Record with typed fields, relationships (has_one/has_many/belongs_to), soft delete, QueryBuilder + MongoDB support, Auto-CRUD generator, migrations with rollback |
| Auth & Security (5) | JWT (HS256/RS256), password hashing (PBKDF2-SHA256), API key validation, rate limiting, CSRF form tokens |
| Templating (3) | Frond engine (Twig/Jinja2-compatible, pre-compiled 2.8× faster), SCSS auto-compilation, built-in CSS (~24 KB) |
| API & Integration (5) | HTTP client (zero-dep), GraphQL with ORM auto-schema + GraphiQL IDE, WSDL/SOAP with auto WSDL, WebSocket (RFC 6455) + Redis backplane, MCP server (24 dev tools) |
| Background (3) | Job queue (File/RabbitMQ/Kafka/MongoDB) with priority, delay, retry, dead letters — service runner — event system (on/emit/once/off) |
| Data & Storage (4) | Session (File/Redis/Valkey/MongoDB/DB), response cache (LRU, TTL), seeder + 50+ fake data generators, messenger (SMTP/IMAP) |
| Developer Tools (7) | Dev dashboard (11 tabs), dev toolbar, error overlay (Catppuccin Mocha), dev mailbox, hot reload + CSS hot-reload, code metrics (complexity, coupling, maintainability), AI context installer (7 tools) |
| Utilities (7) | DI container (transient + singleton), HtmlElement builder, inline testing (@tests decorator), i18n (6 languages), Swagger/OpenAPI auto-generation, CLI scaffolding (generate model/route/migration/middleware), structured logging |
1,793 tests. Zero runtime dependencies. Full parity across Python, PHP, Ruby, and Node.js.
CLI Reference
tina4ruby serve [--port PORT]
tina4ruby migrate
tina4ruby seed
tina4ruby ai [--all]
tina4ruby generate model <name>
Performance
Benchmarked with wrk — 5,000 requests, 50 concurrent, median of 3 runs:
| Framework | JSON req/s | Deps | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tina4 Ruby | 10,243 | 0 | 54 |
| Sinatra | 9,548 | 5+ | ~4 |
Tina4 Ruby outperforms Sinatra while delivering 54 features vs ~4 — with zero runtime dependencies.
Across all 4 Tina4 implementations:
| Python | PHP | Ruby | Node.js | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSON req/s | 6,508 | 29,293 | 10,243 | 84,771 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Features | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
Cross-Framework Parity
Tina4 ships identical features across four languages — same architecture, same conventions, same 54 features:
| Python | PHP | Ruby | Node.js | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package | tina4-python |
tina4stack/tina4php |
tina4ruby |
tina4-nodejs |
| Tests | 2,066 | 1,427 | 1,793 | 1,950 |
| Default port | 7145 | 7146 | 7147 | 7148 |
7,236 tests across all 4 frameworks. See tina4.com.
Documentation
Full guides, API reference, and examples at tina4.com.
License
MIT (c) 2007-2026 Tina4 Stack https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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