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 ![](images/grape.png)
 
-Grape is an opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
+Grape is an opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
 This is the Jekyll source for the site at http://www.ruby-grape.org.
 
 Please contribute to this site, see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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-  long: Ruby Grape | An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
+  long: Ruby Grape | An opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
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   name: Ruby Grape
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-  info: An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
+  info: An opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
   email: ruby-grape@googlegroups.com
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   twitter: grapeframework
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 ### Core
 
-* [grape](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape): An opinionated micro-framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
+* [grape](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape): An opinionated framework for creating REST-like APIs in Ruby.
 * [ruby-grape.github.io](https://github.com/ruby-grape/ruby-grape.github.io): The ruby-grape community site.
 
 ### Entities and Representers