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rails/rails

Ruby on Rails

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#activejob #activerecord #framework #html #mvc #rails

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2004-11-24
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,547 open

58,636

stars

Forks: 22,219
Commits: 98,953 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

maybe-finance/maybe

The personal finance app for everyone

Archived AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#finance #hotwire #personal-finance #postgresql #ruby #ruby-on-rails

Updated: 2025-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-02-02
History: 32 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

54,364

stars

Forks: 5,644
Commits: 1,419 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +20 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

Stack

Ruby Express React Ruby on Rails Vite Bundler Yarn

GitHub topics

#activity-stream #activitypub #docker #fediverse #mastodon #microblog

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-20
History: 10 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 4,476 open

50,100

stars

Forks: 7,482
Commits: 21,787 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

discourse/discourse

A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#discourse #ember #forum #javascript #postgresql #rails

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2013-02-05
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

47,415

stars

Forks: 8,950
Commits: 66,628 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chatwoot/chatwoot

Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬

AI dev

Stack

Ruby React Ruby on Rails Svelte Tailwind CSS Bundler npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#actioncable #chat-widget #conversation #customer-support #dashboard #design

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-08-14
History: 55 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,269 open

34,699

stars

Forks: 8,308
Commits: 6,475 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +178 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +37 +0.6%

Website GitHub

gitlabhq/gitlabhq

GitLab CE Mirror | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com

Stack

Ruby

GitHub topics

#gitlab #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-08
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

24,500

stars

Forks: 5,868
Commits: 117,815 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

heartcombo/devise

Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#authentication #devise #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2009-09-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 228 open

24,343

stars

Forks: 5,480
Commits: 3,973 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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forem/forem

For empowering community 🌱

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#community #discussion #feedback #hacktoberfest #open-source #rails

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-28
History: 4 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 126 open

22,752

stars

Forks: 4,182
Commits: 14,797 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

docusealco/docuseal

Open source DocuSign alternative. Create, fill, and sign digital documents ✍️

Stack

Ruby Express Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Vue Bundler Yarn

GitHub topics

#document-signing #documents #e-signature #hotwired-turbo #open-source #pdf

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2023-05-21
History: 7 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 121 open

17,468

stars

Forks: 1,694
Commits: 2,791 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

postalserver/postal

📮 A fully featured open source mail delivery platform for incoming & outgoing e-mail

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#mail #mail-server #postal #ruby #smtp

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-19
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

16,696

stars

Forks: 1,260
Commits: 657 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

spree/spree

Open Source eCommerce Platform for B2B, Marketplace, and Enterprise. REST API, TypeScript SDK, and production-ready Next.js storefront. Self-host it. Own your stack. No vendor lock-in. Zero platform fees.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Express React React Native Ruby on Rails Bundler npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#b2b-commerce #e-commerce #ecommerce #ecommerce-api #ecommerce-framework #ecommerce-platform

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2008-02-25
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 124 open

15,569

stars

Forks: 5,286
Commits: 28,602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

opf/openproject

OpenProject is the leading open source project management software.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Angular React Ruby on Rails Vite Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#angular #bcf #boards #bug-tracker #gantt #gantt-chart

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2006-06-28
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

15,487

stars

Forks: 3,341
Commits: 109,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

diaspora/diaspora

A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#decentralized #distributed #federated #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2010-06-11
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 424 open

13,654

stars

Forks: 2,865
Commits: 21,095 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

activeadmin/activeadmin

The administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Vite Vue Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#activeadmin #admin-ui #arbre #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-04-15
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

9,705

stars

Forks: 3,324
Commits: 8,966 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

carrierwaveuploader/carrierwave

Classier solution for file uploads for Rails, Sinatra and other Ruby web frameworks

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-08-28
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 67 open

8,783

stars

Forks: 1,650
Commits: 2,740 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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kaminari/kaminari

⚡ A Scope & Engine based, clean, powerful, customizable and sophisticated paginator for Ruby webapps

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#kaminari #pagination #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-02-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-02-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 75 open

8,677

stars

Forks: 1,072
Commits: 1,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

heartcombo/simple_form

Forms made easy for Rails! It's tied to a simple DSL, with no opinion on markup.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#dsl #form-builder #rails #rails-helper #ruby

Updated: 2026-04-01
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2009-11-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

8,230

stars

Forks: 1,298
Commits: 2,118 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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railsadminteam/rails_admin

RailsAdmin is a Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Vite Bundler npm

Updated: 2025-09-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-01
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 212 open

7,957

stars

Forks: 2,237
Commits: 5,083 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

presidentbeef/brakeman

A static analysis security vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications

Stack

Ruby Express Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#brakeman #rails #ruby #security #security-audit #security-tools

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-27
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 112 open

7,256

stars

Forks: 773
Commits: 4,218 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

BetterErrors/better_errors

Better error page for Rack apps

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2024-07-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-12-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 68 open

6,865

stars

Forks: 432
Commits: 737 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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reactjs/react-rails

Integrate React.js with Rails views and controllers, the asset pipeline, or webpacker.

Stack

JavaScript Express React Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#jsx #rails #react #react-rails #ruby #sprockets

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-25
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 35 open

6,770

stars

Forks: 740
Commits: 1,536 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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instructure/canvas-lms

The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby React Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#canvas-lms #gerrit-mirror #instructure

Updated: 2026-04-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-02-01
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 464 open

6,743

stars

Forks: 3,005
Commits: 78,765 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ankane/searchkick

Intelligent search made easy

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#elasticsearch #opensearch #rails

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

6,717

stars

Forks: 763
Commits: 3,213 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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norman/friendly_id

FriendlyId is the “Swiss Army bulldozer” of slugging and permalink plugins for ActiveRecord. It allows you to create pretty URL’s and work with human-friendly strings as if they were numeric ids for ActiveRecord models.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#friendly-url #plugin #rails #ruby #slug

Updated: 2026-07-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2008-01-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

6,225

stars

Forks: 592
Commits: 1,622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

activerecord-hackery/ransack

Object-based searching.

Stack

Ruby React Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#activerecord #rails #ruby #ruby-gem #ruby-library #ruby-on-rails

Updated: 2026-05-31
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-31
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 156 open

5,866

stars

Forks: 823
Commits: 1,919 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

CanCanCommunity/cancancan

The authorization Gem for Ruby on Rails.

Stack

Ruby Vite Vue Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#authorization #cancancan #rails

Updated: 2026-06-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-11-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

5,687

stars

Forks: 635
Commits: 1,352 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

doorkeeper-gem/doorkeeper

Doorkeeper is an OAuth 2 provider for Ruby on Rails / Grape.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#authentication #authorization #doorkeeper #grape #identity #oauth

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-11-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

5,512

stars

Forks: 1,080
Commits: 2,725 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

solidusio/solidus

🛒 Solidus, the open-source eCommerce framework for industry trailblazers.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#ecommerce #ecommerce-framework #ecommerce-platform #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2008-02-25
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 117 open

5,315

stars

Forks: 1,397
Commits: 29,340 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

drapergem/draper

Decorators/View-Models for Rails Applications

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#decorators #ruby

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-06-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

5,278

stars

Forks: 526
Commits: 1,241 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

rails/webpacker

Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#frontend #hacktoberfest #javascript #rails #webpack #yarn

Updated: 2024-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-12-07
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

5,273

stars

Forks: 1,449
Commits: 1,585 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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