---
name: "camping"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "camping"
version: "2.3-1.1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/camping"
---

# camping(1)

small Ruby web framework for MVC type applications

## NAME

camping - small Ruby web framework for MVC type applications

## SYNOPSIS

**camping** *app1.rb app2.rb*...

## DESCRIPTION

Camping is a web framework which consistently stays at less than 4kb of code.  The idea here is to store a complete fledgling web application (written in Ruby) in a single file like many small CGIs, but to organize it as a Model-View-Controller application like Rails does.  You can then easily move it to Rails once you've got it going.

### Specific options:

- **-h**, **--host** HOSTNAME

  Host for web server to bind to (default is all IPs)

- **-p**, **--port** NUM

  Port for web server (defaults to 3301)

- **-d**, **--database** FILE

  SQLite3 database path (defaults to ~/.camping.db)

- **-C**, **--console**

  Run in console mode with IRB

- **-s**, **--server** NAME

  Server to force (mongrel, webrick, console)

### Common options:

- \-?, **--help**

  Show this message

- **-v**, **--version**

  Show version

## FILES

- **~/.camping.db**

  The default database file.

## SEE ALSO

The Camping website on http://camping.rubyforge.org/.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Paul van Tilburg \<paulvt@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).