Web Technologies Used by tower.im

Tengine is a web server which is based on the Nginx HTTP server.

Ruby on Rails, or Rails, is a server-side web application framework written in Ruby under the MIT License. Rails is a model–view–controller framework, providing default structures for a database, a web service, and web pages.

Ruby is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language.

Turbolinks is a Rails feature, available as a gem and enabled by default in new Rails apps. It is intended to speed up navigating between pages of your application.

Webpack is an open-source JavaScript module bundler, primarily for JavaScript, but it can transform front-end assets like HTML, CSS, and images if the corresponding plugins are included. Webpack takes modules with dependencies and generates static assets representing those modules.

Intercom is an American software company that produces a messaging platform which allows businesses to communicate with prospective and existing customers within their app, on their website, through social media, or via email.

Moment.js is a free and open source JavaScript library that removes the need to use the native JavaScript Date object directly.

jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax. It is free, open-source software using the permissive MIT License.

core-js is a modular standard library for JavaScript, with polyfills for cutting-edge ECMAScript features.

ScrollMagic is a jQuery plugin which essentially lets you use the scrollbar like a playback scrub control.

GSAP is an animation library that allows you to create animations with JavaScript.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. It provides valuable insights into website traffic, user behavior, and marketing performance. With Google Analytics, you can gain insights into your website’s audience, their location, the pages they visit, the content they view, and more. Google Analytics also offers powerful segmentation capabilities and advanced reporting features, allowing you to create custom reports and better understand your website’s performance.

Mixpanel is a business analytics service company. It tracks user interactions with web and mobile applications and provides tools for targeted communication with them.