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Open-source projects built with Rails

There are currently 203 open-source projects built with Rails, with a combined total of 429.3k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Ruby.

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Knock
Knocknsarno/knock

A Rails API authentication gem using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for seamless token-based authentication.

2.1k255Ruby
5 years ago
IdentityCache
IdentityCacheShopify/identity_cache

A blob-level read-through caching solution for ActiveRecord that adds fetch methods to cache model objects and associations using Memcached.

2.0k172Ruby
1 month ago
Active Record Doctor
Active Record Doctorgregnavis/active_record_doctor

A Ruby gem that detects database issues in Rails applications before they reach production.

1.9k69Ruby
4 months ago
Chewy
Chewytoptal/chewy

A high-level Object Document Mapper (ODM) for Elasticsearch in Ruby, built on the official elasticsearch-ruby client.

1.9k373Ruby
3 days ago
Asset Sync
Asset SyncAssetSync/asset_sync

A Ruby gem that automatically syncs Rails Asset Pipeline compiled assets to cloud storage like Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob.

1.9k335Ruby
1 day ago
money-rails
money-railsRubyMoney/money-rails

A Rails integration gem for the Money library, enabling easy handling of currency and monetary values in ActiveRecord and Mongoid models.

1.9k386Ruby
11 days ago
Decent Exposure
Decent Exposurehashrocket/decent_exposure

A Ruby gem that provides a declarative interface for exposing model objects in Rails controllers and mailers.

1.8k107Ruby
3 years ago
premailer-rails
premailer-railsfphilipe/premailer-rails

A Ruby gem that automatically inlines CSS into HTML emails for ActionMailer, making styled emails work across all clients.

1.8k256Ruby
2 years ago
has_scope
has_scopeheartcombo/has_scope

A Ruby gem that maps incoming controller parameters to named scopes for dynamic resource filtering in Rails applications.

1.7k87Ruby
2 months ago
has_scope
has_scopeplataformatec/has_scope

Dynamically apply named scopes to Rails resources based on incoming controller parameters for flexible filtering.

1.7k87Ruby
2 months ago
Logidze
Logidzepalkan/logidze

A PostgreSQL-based database changes logger for Rails applications, storing version history in a JSONB column using triggers.

1.7k84Ruby
1 month ago
goldiloader
goldiloadersalsify/goldiloader

A Ruby gem that automatically eager loads ActiveRecord associations to prevent N+1 queries without manual configuration.

1.7k53Ruby
2 months ago
Rails Bootstrap Forms
Rails Bootstrap Formsbootstrap-ruby/rails-bootstrap-forms

A Rails form builder gem that simplifies creating Bootstrap 5 styled forms with built-in validation and accessibility.

1.6k353Ruby
1 month ago
catarse
catarsecatarse/catarse

An open-source crowdfunding platform for creative projects, originally developed in Brazil.

1.6k817Ruby
3 years ago
validates_timeliness
validates_timelinessadzap/validates_timeliness

A Rails plugin for comprehensive date, time, and datetime validation with timezone handling and custom format support.

1.6k233Ruby
6 months ago
lockbox
lockboxankane/lockbox

A modern encryption library for Ruby and Rails that works with database fields, files, and strings.

1.6k77Ruby
2 months ago
Lol DBA
Lol DBAplentz/lol_dba

A Ruby gem that scans Rails models to suggest missing database indexes and generates SQL migration scripts.

1.6k70Ruby
2 months ago
tailwindcss-rails
tailwindcss-railsrails/tailwindcss-rails

A Ruby gem that integrates Tailwind CSS with the Rails asset pipeline, providing a seamless workflow for utility-first CSS in Rails applications.

1.6k190Ruby
1 day ago
Vite Ruby
Vite Rubyelmassimo/vite_ruby

Integrates Vite.js with Ruby frameworks like Rails and Hanami for fast JavaScript development and asset bundling.

1.6k145Ruby
1 month ago
action_policy
action_policypalkan/action_policy

A composable, extensible, and performant authorization framework for Ruby and Rails applications.

1.6k90Ruby
2 months ago
aggregate_root
aggregate_rootRailsEventStore/rails_event_store

A Ruby library for implementing event-driven architectures in Rails applications, providing event publishing, storage, and subscription.

1.5k128Ruby
12 days ago
Vanity
Vanityassaf/vanity

A/B testing framework for Ruby on Rails applications with datastore agnostic experiment tracking.

1.5k266Ruby
3 years ago
rails-footnotes
rails-footnotesjosevalim/rails-footnotes

A Rails gem that displays debugging footnotes on every page with session, params, queries, and editor links.

1.5k163Ruby
1 day ago
ActsAsParanoid
ActsAsParanoidActsAsParanoid/acts_as_paranoid

A Rails plugin that adds soft delete functionality to ActiveRecord models, hiding records instead of permanently deleting them.

1.5k196Ruby
3 months ago
Sorcery
SorcerySorcery/sorcery

A stripped-down, bare-bones authentication library for Ruby on Rails applications.

1.5k229Ruby
28 days ago
rspec_api_documentation
rspec_api_documentationzipmark/rspec_api_documentation

Automatically generate API documentation from RSpec acceptance tests for Rails applications.

1.5k368Ruby
10 months ago
bower-rails
bower-railsrharriso/bower-rails

A Ruby gem providing Bundler-like DSL and Rake tasks for managing Bower packages in Rails applications.

1.5k127Ruby
3 years ago
Rubber
Rubberrubber/rubber

A Capistrano/Rails plugin for deploying and managing multi-instance Rails applications across various cloud providers and bare metal.

1.4k241Ruby
5 years ago
web-console
web-consolerails/web-console

A debugging tool that provides an interactive Ruby console in the browser for Ruby on Rails applications.

1.4k177Ruby
3 months ago
Seed dump
Seed dumprroblak/seed_dump

A Rails plugin to dump database records into seed files (db/seeds.rb) for easy data persistence and sharing.

1.4k221Ruby
26 days ago
pry-rails
pry-railsrweng/pry-rails

A Rails gem that replaces IRB with Pry for the rails console, providing enhanced debugging and introspection.

1.4k89Ruby
1 year ago
Griddler
Griddlerthoughtbot/griddler

A Rails engine for receiving and processing incoming emails via HTTP POST endpoints from email services.

1.4k197Ruby
1 year ago
JobIteration
JobIterationShopify/job-iteration

An ActiveJob extension that makes background jobs interruptible and resumable by design, saving progress with checkpoints.

1.3k58Ruby
4 days ago
Invisible Captcha
Invisible Captchamarkets/invisible_captcha

An unobtrusive spam protection gem for Rails applications using honeypot, time-sensitive, and IP-based techniques.

1.2k67Ruby
1 year ago
Xray
Xraybrentd/xray-rails

A development tool that reveals the Rails views, partials, and templates behind your UI with an overlay.

1.2k77Ruby
1 year ago
autoprefixer-rails
autoprefixer-railsai/autoprefixer-rails

A Ruby gem that automatically adds vendor prefixes to CSS rules using values from the Can I Use database.

1.2k109Ruby
1 year ago
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