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55 lines
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% FU: Framework Ultimatum
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FU is the Perl backend web framework developed for
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[VNDB.org](https://vndb.org/) and [Manned.org](https://manned.org/). It is the
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successor of [TUWF](/tuwf).
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## Main features
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- Simple, conventional and synchronous architecture.
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- Powerful debugging facilities.
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- Includes a minimal HTTP server for local development and a more efficient
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FastCGI server for production environments.
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- High-performance output compression through
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[libdeflate](https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate),
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[zlib-ng](https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng) and/or
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[brotli](https://brotli.org/), whichever is available.
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- Includes a process supervisor with file change detection and zero-downtime
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reloads.
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- Includes a concise yet powerful [schema-based input validation
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module](/fu/man/validate).
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- Includes a small but fast JSON encoder and decoder.
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- Includes high-performance [HTML and XML generation
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functions](/fu/man/xmlwriter).
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- Includes a custom [PostgreSQL client module](/fu/man/pg) with high-level API
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and flexible type configuration.
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- Includes a simple and safe [SQL query builder](/fu/man/sql).
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- Built on stable foundations, will keep working for decades.
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- It's FLOSS.
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## Main downsides
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- Simple, conventional and synchronous architecture.
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- Requires a recent version of Perl (5.36+).
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- Requires a C compiler and Perl development environment to build & install.
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- Will not work on Windows. <small>Is that even a downside?</small>
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- Does not work on 32-bit systems.
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- Doesn't have a fancy marketing page.
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- Introductory documentation is lacking.
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- "Suffers" from a healthy dose of [NIH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_invented_here).
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Check the [description](/fu/man#description) in the documentation for more
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information and details.
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## Download <a href="/fu/feed.atom"><img src="/img/feed_icon.png" alt="Atom feed"></a>
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Latest version
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: 0.5 (2025-04-24 - [FU-0.5.tar.gz](/download/FU-0.5.tar.gz) \-
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[CPAN mirror](https://metacpan.org/release/FU))
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Development version
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: Available on git at
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[https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/fu](https://code.blicky.net/yorhel/fu).
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License
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: MIT.
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