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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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 230 open

24,354

stars

Forks: 5,478
Commits: 3,973 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sidekiq/sidekiq

Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#background-jobs #jobs #ruby #sidekiq

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-16
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

13,553

stars

Forks: 2,479
Commits: 5,403 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

rubocop/rubocop

A Ruby static code analyzer and formatter, based on the community Ruby style guide.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#code-formatter #hacktoberfest #linter #rubocop #ruby #static-code-analysis

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 150 open

12,901

stars

Forks: 3,130
Commits: 16,797 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

teamcapybara/capybara

Acceptance test framework for web applications

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-11-04
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

10,170

stars

Forks: 1,472
Commits: 4,422 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 2026-08-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-04-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 31 open

9,703

stars

Forks: 3,323
Commits: 8,976 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ankane/pghero

A performance dashboard for Postgres

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

8,907

stars

Forks: 477
Commits: 1,621 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 74 open

8,673

stars

Forks: 1,074
Commits: 1,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

varvet/pundit

Minimal authorization through OO design and pure Ruby classes

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#ruby

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-11-04
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

8,522

stars

Forks: 642
Commits: 760 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

8,227

stars

Forks: 1,295
Commits: 2,118 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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thoughtbot/factory_bot

A library for setting up Ruby objects as test data.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#factories #factory-bot #factory-girl #fixtures #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-05-28
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 81 open

8,169

stars

Forks: 2,554
Commits: 1,317 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-08-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-01
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 202 open

7,957

stars

Forks: 2,233
Commits: 5,103 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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flyerhzm/bullet

help to kill N+1 queries and unused eager loading

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-08-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

7,335

stars

Forks: 456
Commits: 1,527 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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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: 2026-08-13
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-08-27
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 112 open

7,262

stars

Forks: 776
Commits: 4,229 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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 68 open

6,863

stars

Forks: 432
Commits: 737 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bkeepers/dotenv

A Ruby gem to load environment variables from `.env`.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#dotenv #ruby

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-24
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

6,765

stars

Forks: 513
Commits: 815 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ankane/searchkick

Intelligent search made easy

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#elasticsearch #opensearch #rails

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-15
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

6,721

stars

Forks: 762
Commits: 3,218 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ankane/chartkick

Create beautiful JavaScript charts with one line of Ruby

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#chartjs #charts #google-charts #highcharts #visualization

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-07
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

6,528

stars

Forks: 563
Commits: 584 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rubocop/rails-style-guide

A community-driven Ruby on Rails style guide

GitHub topics

#rails #rubocop #ruby #styleguide

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-09-25
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 43 open

6,506

stars

Forks: 1,049
Commits: 495 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alexreisner/geocoder

Complete Ruby geocoding solution.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#geocoding #geocoding-api #geocoding-objects #geocoding-requests

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-04-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 54 open

6,446

stars

Forks: 1,200
Commits: 2,492 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 2026-08-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2008-01-08
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

6,226

stars

Forks: 591
Commits: 1,631 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

lostisland/faraday

Simple, but flexible HTTP client library, with support for multiple backends.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler npm

Updated: 2026-08-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-12-10
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 63 open

5,950

stars

Forks: 1,027
Commits: 2,022 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jnunemaker/httparty

:tada: Makes http fun again!

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#http #httparty #ruby

Updated: 2026-08-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2008-07-27
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 47 open

5,896

stars

Forks: 972
Commits: 1,351 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 156 open

5,863

stars

Forks: 822
Commits: 1,919 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mislav/will_paginate

Pagination library for Rails and other Ruby applications

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#pagination #pagination-library #plugin #rails #ruby #sequel

Updated: 2025-11-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-02-05
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 46 open

5,685

stars

Forks: 857
Commits: 788 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website 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: 2026-08-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-11-15
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

5,519

stars

Forks: 1,078
Commits: 2,808 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 2026-08-17
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2008-02-25
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 109 open

5,318

stars

Forks: 1,399
Commits: 30,697 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

5,276

stars

Forks: 524
Commits: 1,241 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

rspec/rspec-rails

RSpec for Rails 7+

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-12-23
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 64 open

5,272

stars

Forks: 1,047
Commits: 3,884 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aasm/aasm

AASM - State machines for Ruby classes (plain Ruby, ActiveRecord, Mongoid, NoBrainer, Dynamoid)

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#aasm #activerecord #hacktoberfest #mongoid #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-01-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 165 open

5,231

stars

Forks: 644
Commits: 1,536 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on

A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-11-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 70 open

4,991

stars

Forks: 1,195
Commits: 1,156 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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