Merb is designed for building fast, high-performance Ruby applications, according to Yehuda Katz, an Engine Yard software engineer and Merb core developer.

Release Candidate 1 for Merb 1.0 is now available. Merb's goal is to provide a minimal but powerful core that can be extended through plug-ins, rather than "trying to produce a monolithic library ...

Merb is a more modular Ruby framework than Rails, with a smaller core and an emphasis on performance. Today EngineYard announced the first major release of its free open source framework, Merb.

Merb lead developer Yehuda Katz will be joining the Rails core team and Rails 3 will integrate some key elements of Merb.

The plan calls for a more modular framework in Rails 3, so that developers can start with the Rails core and add other components as they want them. Merb will also port its performance ...

The plan calls for a more modular framework in Rails 3, so that developers can start with the Rails core and add other components as they want them. Merb will also port its performance ...

Developers for Rails and Merb have announced that the two Ruby-based frameworks will merge, a welcome end to the cold war that some say has "torn the community apart." ...

The Christmas announcement that the Ruby on Rails project would be merging its efforts with the rival Merb framework in the development of Rails 3 was good news and not-so-good. For Ruby developers ...

News Merb Merges with Rails 3 By John K. Waters January 13, 2009 The Christmas announcement that the Ruby on Rails project would be merging its efforts with the rival Merb framework in the development ...

Bundler comes over from the Merb world with many detractors, but obviously fills a much-needed niche. Josh Peek, a developer at 37signals and a Rails core contributor, feels that Bundler is taking ...