Statesman
A robust, opinionated state machine library for Ruby that provides an audit trail and data integrity.
What is Statesman?
Statesman is a state machine library for Ruby designed to provide a robust audit trail and data integrity. It solves the problem of managing complex state transitions in applications by decoupling state logic from models and allowing transitions to be persisted with metadata. Unlike simpler state machine libraries, it focuses on ensuring every state change is recorded and protected against race conditions.
Ruby developers building applications with complex stateful models, such as e-commerce orders, workflow systems, or any domain requiring auditable state transitions. It's particularly suited for teams needing strong data integrity and historical tracking.
Developers choose Statesman for its strong emphasis on audit trails and database-level integrity, offering a more robust solution than basic state machine gems. Its decoupled design allows flexible composition with multiple models, and built-in support for ActiveRecord integration simplifies implementation in Rails applications.
Overview
A statesmanlike state machine library.
Use Cases
Best For
- Building e-commerce order workflows with full audit history
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