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Open-source projects built with Ruby on Rails

There are currently 175 open-source projects built with Ruby on Rails, with a combined total of 618.4k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Ruby.

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jumpstart(excid3)
jumpstart(excid3)excid3/jumpstart

A Rails template that jumpstarts new applications with authentication, admin panels, and modern tooling pre-configured.

1.2k314HTML
1 year ago
Rails
Railsinertiajs/inertia-rails

A Rails adapter for Inertia.js, enabling server-driven single-page applications with Rails controllers and modern JavaScript frameworks.

1.2k98Ruby
4 days ago
docker-rails
docker-railsledermann/docker-rails

A production-ready Rails 7 demo application with Docker, featuring ActionCable, OpenSearch, Sidekiq, and a multi-container architecture.

1.1k170Ruby
1 year ago
rails-template(mattbrictson)
rails-template(mattbrictson)mattbrictson/rails-template

A Rails 7 application template with best-practices, pre-configured gems, and optional Vite support.

1.1k220Ruby
2 years ago
open-build-service
open-build-serviceopenSUSE/open-build-service

A generic system to build and distribute binary packages from sources in an automatic, consistent, and reproducible way.

1.1k476Ruby
2 days ago
whitehall
whitehallalphagov/whitehall

A Ruby on Rails application used by UK government publishers to create and manage content for GOV.UK.

1.0k196Ruby
1 day ago
mailkick
mailkickankane/mailkick

A Rails gem for managing email subscriptions, including one-click unsubscribe links and fetching bounces/spam reports from email services.

97279Ruby
15 days ago
Gretel
Gretellassebunk/gretel

A flexible Ruby on Rails plugin for creating and managing breadcrumb navigation trails.

891114Ruby
1 year ago
boarding
boardingfastlane/boarding

Instantly create a simple signup page for TestFlight beta testers to automate onboarding.

881190Ruby
2 years ago
coderwall (legacy)
coderwall (legacy)coderwall/coderwall-legacy

A professional network and community for software engineers to unlock and share new skills.

855307Ruby
10 years ago
FAE
FAEwearefine/fae

A customizable and scalable content management system engine for Ruby on Rails applications.

854143Ruby
2 days ago
Fae
Faewearefine/fae

A customizable and scalable content management system engine for Ruby on Rails applications.

854143Ruby
2 days ago
MotorAdmin
MotorAdminmotor-admin/motor-admin-rails

A low-code admin panel and business intelligence Rails engine configurable entirely from the UI, no DSL required.

83990Ruby
4 months ago
Hometown
Hometownhometown-fork/hometown

A lightweight fork of Mastodon adding local-only posting, support for more content types, and better list management.

82060Ruby
2 days ago
autolab
autolabautolab/Autolab

An open-source course management system that enables auto-graded programming assignments and comprehensive course administration.

810235Ruby
15 days ago
adopt-a-hydrant
adopt-a-hydrantcodeforamerica/adopt-a-hydrant

A web application that allows citizens to claim responsibility for maintaining civic infrastructure like fire hydrants after snowfall.

781231Ruby
2 years ago
Haven
Havenhavenweb/haven

A privacy-first, self-hostable blogging platform for sharing with friends and family via private RSS feeds.

78048Ruby
27 days ago
Madmin
Madminexcid3/madmin

A robust, customizable admin interface for Ruby on Rails applications with full Rails feature support.

75597Ruby
2 days ago
rodauth-rails
rodauth-railsjanko/rodauth-rails

Rails integration for the Rodauth authentication framework, providing a robust, feature-rich alternative to Devise.

74848HTML
25 days ago
Storytime
StorytimeCultivateLabs/storytime

A Rails 4+ CMS and blogging engine focused on content editing, multi-site management, and admin integration.

74778Ruby
9 days ago
Maily
Mailymarkets/maily

A Rails Engine to preview, manage, and test email templates directly in the browser.

70830Ruby
2 years ago
Docker Registry Browser
Docker Registry Browserklausmeyer/docker-registry-browser

A web interface for browsing and managing Docker registries via the HTTP API V2, built with Ruby on Rails.

68662Ruby
7 days ago
rails-templates(lewagon)
rails-templates(lewagon)lewagon/rails-templates

Rails application templates following Le Wagon's best practices for quick project setup with Bootstrap, Devise, and deployment-ready configuration.

680283Ruby
1 month ago
Meme Search
Meme Searchneonwatty/meme-search

An open-source, self-hostable meme search engine that uses AI to index and retrieve memes via semantic search.

67626Ruby
4 days ago
hackershare
hackersharehackershare/hackershare

An open-source social bookmarking service and knowledge-sharing community for developers with advanced search and tag management.

65550HTML
1 year ago
kanban
kanbanseanomlor/kanban

A Trello clone built with Ruby on Rails and Backbone.js for managing tasks with kanban boards.

637195Ruby
10 years ago
crowdtiltOpen
crowdtiltOpenCrowdtilt/CrowdtiltOpen

Open-source crowdfunding platform for launching advanced fundraising campaigns.

596303Ruby
9 years ago
human-essentials
human-essentialsrubyforgood/human-essentials

An inventory management system for diaper, incontinence, and period-supply banks to track donations, distribute to partners, and report analytics.

570576Ruby
4 days ago
activity_notification
activity_notificationsimukappu/activity_notification

A Ruby on Rails gem for integrated user activity notifications with email, push, and optional targets like Slack and Amazon SNS.

52080Ruby
1 month ago
ActiveAnalytics
ActiveAnalyticsBaseSecrete/active_analytics

A privacy-focused, first-party traffic analytics engine for Ruby on Rails applications that requires no cookies or JavaScript.

51414Ruby
8 months ago
Exception Handler
Exception Handlerrichpeck/exception_handler

A Ruby on Rails gem that replaces default error pages with dynamic custom views for 400/500 HTTP status codes.

50970Ruby
4 years ago
Sail
Sailvinistock/sail

A lightweight Rails engine for managing configuration settings, feature flags, and live controls via an admin dashboard.

50532Ruby
3 years ago
Ekylibre
Ekylibreekylibre/ekylibre

An open-source farm management information system (FMIS) web application for connecting farms to the world.

479170Ruby
1 day ago
hitobito
hitobitohitobito/hitobito

An open-source web application for managing organizations and communities with complex group hierarchies, members, events, and communication.

470131Ruby
2 days ago
Growstuff
GrowstuffGrowstuff/growstuff

An open data platform that crowdsources and shares information about what food gardeners are growing and harvesting.

468210Ruby
1 day ago
Spectre
Spectrewearefriday/spectre

A web application for visual regression testing that diffs screenshots and provides a real-time pass/fail API.

46070Ruby
4 years ago
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