Spray is an open source toolkit for building REST/HTTP services on Scala and Akka. It provides libraries for building HTTP integration layers without using frameworks. Spray uses Scala features like case classes, functions as values, and type safety. It is built on Akka for concurrency with actors and futures. The routing DSL allows defining routes through directives for filtering, extracting values, and completing requests. Testing can be done with a test kit without running the actual server. Future versions may include features from Akka HTTP like improved APIs and websockets support.