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Developed byDavid Heinemeier Hansson
Maintained byRails Core Team
Founded2004
LicenseMIT License
Open source✓ Open Source
Use caseObject-Relational Mapping for Ruby applications
Technical
Protocols
SQL
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ActiveRecord

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Ruby on Rails ORM framework implementing the Active Record pattern for database interactions

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Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLMySQLSQLite

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