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Open-source projects built with Ruby

There are currently 383 open-source projects built with Ruby, with a combined total of 1937.6k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Ruby.

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Octicons
Octiconsprimer/octicons

A scalable set of SVG icons handcrafted by GitHub for GitHub and other applications.

8.7k841JavaScript
2 days ago
kaminari
kaminarikaminari/kaminari

A scope-based, customizable paginator for Ruby web apps supporting multiple ORMs and template engines.

8.7k1.1kRuby
2 months ago
Pundit
Punditelabs/pundit

A minimal authorization library for Ruby on Rails using plain Ruby classes and object-oriented design.

8.5k643Ruby
1 month ago
Simple Form
Simple Formplataformatec/simple_form

A Rails form builder with a simple DSL that generates forms without imposing markup opinions.

8.2k1.3kRuby
22 days ago
simple_form
simple_formheartcombo/simple_form

A Rails form builder with a simple DSL that generates forms without imposing markup opinions.

8.2k1.3kRuby
22 days ago
chef
chefchef/chef

A powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code for configuration management at any scale.

8.2k2.5kRuby
1 day ago
factory_bot
factory_botthoughtbot/factory_bot

A fixtures replacement library for Ruby that provides a straightforward syntax for setting up test data objects.

8.2k2.6kRuby
6 days ago
Gitlab
Gitlabsameersbn/docker-gitlab

A Dockerized GitLab CE image for self-hosted source code management and DevOps lifecycle.

8.1k2.2kShell
2 days ago
OmniAuth
OmniAuthomniauth/omniauth

A Rack-based Ruby library that standardizes multi-provider authentication for web applications.

8.1k974Ruby
1 month ago
Puma
Pumapuma/puma

A simple, fast, multi-threaded, and highly parallel HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications.

7.9k1.5kRuby
4 days ago
Puppet
Puppetpuppetlabs/puppet

An automated administrative engine for Linux, Unix, and Windows systems that performs tasks based on centralized specifications.

7.8k2.2kRuby
1 month ago
Sure
Surewe-promise/sure

A community-maintained, self-hostable personal finance and wealth management app for tracking and managing your finances.

7.8k869Ruby
2 days ago
Foundation for Emails
Foundation for Emailszurb/foundation-emails

A framework for creating responsive HTML emails that work across all email clients, including Outlook.

7.8k1.1kHTML
1 month ago
Scientist
Scientistgithub/scientist

A Ruby library for carefully refactoring critical paths by comparing old and new code behavior in production.

7.7k490Ruby
5 months ago
github-changelog-generator
github-changelog-generatorgithub-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator

Automatically generates a changelog file from GitHub tags, issues, labels, and pull requests.

7.5k847Ruby
1 month ago
github-changelog-generator
github-changelog-generatorgithub-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator

Automatically generates a changelog from GitHub tags, issues, labels, and pull requests.

7.5k847Ruby
1 month ago
Jazzy
Jazzyrealm/jazzy

A command-line tool that generates Apple-style API documentation for Swift and Objective-C projects.

7.4k413Ruby
3 months ago
jazzy
jazzyrealm/jazzy

A command-line tool that generates Apple-style API documentation for Swift and Objective-C projects.

7.4k413Ruby
3 months ago
Bullet
Bulletflyerhzm/bullet

A Ruby gem that detects N+1 queries, unused eager loading, and missing counter caches to improve application performance.

7.3k454Ruby
2 days ago
brakeman
brakemanpresidentbeef/brakeman

A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications.

7.2k766Ruby
1 month ago
PaperTrail
PaperTrailairblade/paper_trail

Track changes to your Rails models for auditing, versioning, and reverting to previous states.

7.0k909Ruby
6 months ago
Better Errors
Better Errorscharliesome/better_errors

A Rack middleware that replaces standard Rails/Rack error pages with an interactive, feature-rich debugging interface.

6.9k434Ruby
1 year ago
better_errors
better_errorsBetterErrors/better_errors

A Rack middleware that replaces standard Rails/Rack error pages with a more informative and interactive debugging interface.

6.9k434Ruby
1 year ago
Pry
Prypry/pry

A runtime developer console and IRB alternative for Ruby with powerful introspection and debugging capabilities.

6.8k607Ruby
1 month ago
MailCatcher
MailCatchersj26/mailcatcher

A development SMTP server that catches and displays emails in a web interface for testing.

6.8k622Ruby
1 year ago
react-rails
react-railsreactjs/react-rails

Integrate React.js with Rails views, controllers, and asset pipelines for server-side and client-side rendering.

6.8k746JavaScript
5 days ago
dotenv
dotenvbkeepers/dotenv

A Ruby gem that loads environment variables from .env files into ENV, primarily for development.

6.7k514Ruby
4 months ago
searchkick
searchkickankane/searchkick

An intelligent search library for Ruby on Rails that learns from user behavior and provides advanced features like stemming, misspellings, and synonyms.

6.7k764Ruby
2 months ago
lolcat
lolcatbusyloop/lolcat

A command-line tool that adds rainbow colorization to text output, making terminal output more visually appealing.

6.5k230Ruby
2 years ago
Chartkick
Chartkickankane/chartkick

Create beautiful JavaScript charts with one line of Ruby, eliminating the complexity of charting libraries.

6.5k561Ruby
24 days ago
WhatWeb
WhatWeburbanadventurer/WhatWeb

A next-generation web scanner that identifies websites and their technologies using over 1800 plugins with configurable aggression levels.

6.5k981Ruby
22 days ago
guard
guardguard/guard

A command-line tool that automates tasks by running custom rules when files or directories are modified.

6.5k488Ruby
2 months ago
Geocoder
Geocoderalexreisner/geocoder

A complete Ruby geocoding solution with forward/reverse geocoding, IP address lookup, and ActiveRecord/Mongoid integration.

6.4k1.2kRuby
27 days ago
Hanami
Hanamihanami/hanami

A full-stack Ruby web framework built from smaller, single-purpose libraries for maintainable applications.

6.4k545Ruby
2 days ago
FriendlyId
FriendlyIdnorman/friendly_id

A comprehensive slugging and permalink plugin for ActiveRecord that creates human-friendly URLs and works with strings as numeric IDs.

6.2k590Ruby
2 months ago
Foreman
Foremanddollar/foreman

A process manager for Procfile-based applications that runs multiple processes from a single command.

6.1k630Ruby
9 months ago
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