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radar/by_star

Lets you find ActiveRecord + Mongoid objects by year, month, fortnight, week and more!

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2023-01-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-11-24
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

1,046

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 445 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

michelson/lazy_high_charts

Make highcharts a la ruby , works in rails 5.X / 4.X / 3.X, and other ruby web frameworks

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler

Updated: 2023-02-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-28
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 39 open

1,044

stars

Forks: 238
Commits: 452 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DefactoSoftware/Hours

Time registration that doesn't suck

Archived

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#rails #ruby #time-tracker

Updated: 2023-01-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-24
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 71 open

1,033

stars

Forks: 257
Commits: 917 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alphagov/whitehall

Publishes government content on GOV.UK

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#govuk

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-19
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 43 open

1,031

stars

Forks: 199
Commits: 39,813 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

natalie-lang/natalie

a work-in-progress Ruby compiler, written in Ruby and C++

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#compiler #cpp #language #ruby

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

1,030

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 12,492 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

noraj/haiti

:key: Hash type identifier (CLI & lib)

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#ctf #ctf-tools #cyber #cybersecurity #digest #hacking

Updated: 2026-09-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-10-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,004

stars

Forks: 61
Commits: 588 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SciRuby/sciruby

Tools for scientific computation in Ruby

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2020-02-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-06
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

1,002

stars

Forks: 77
Commits: 264 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

camping/camping

the 5k pocket full-of-gags web microframework

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-01-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 48 open

990

stars

Forks: 107
Commits: 912 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alexch/rerun

Restarts an app when the filesystem changes. Uses growl and FSEventStream if on OS X.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-04-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-08
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 34 open

989

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 260 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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getsentry/sentry-ruby

Sentry SDK for Ruby

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Svelte Vite Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#crash-reporting #crash-reports #error-handler #error-monitoring #hacktoberfest #ruby

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 90 open

989

stars

Forks: 545
Commits: 3,196 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rails/sprockets

Rack-based asset packaging system

Stack

Ruby Bundler npm

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-05-29
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 93 open

986

stars

Forks: 795
Commits: 3,553 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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airbrake/airbrake

The official Airbrake library for Ruby applications

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#airbrake #apm #capistrano #crash-reporting #delayed-job #error-monitoring

Updated: 2024-12-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-12-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

985

stars

Forks: 388
Commits: 2,424 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RubyCrypto/rbnacl

Ruby FFI binding to the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library (a.k.a. libsodium)

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#chacha20 #cryptography #ed25519 #libsodium #nacl #ruby

Updated: 2025-10-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-01
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

985

stars

Forks: 95
Commits: 660 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rails-sqlserver/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter

SQL Server Adapter For Rails

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #database #freetds #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-09-29
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

980

stars

Forks: 556
Commits: 2,382 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ankane/mailkick

Email subscriptions for Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-04
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

975

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 305 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

seattlerb/flog

Flog reports the most tortured code in an easy to read pain report. The higher the score, the more pain the code is in.

Stack

Ruby

Updated: 2026-07-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-08-01
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

968

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 233 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cucumber/aruba

Test command-line applications with Cucumber-Ruby, RSpec or Minitest.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#bdd #cucumber #ruby #shell #tdd #tidelift

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-02-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

966

stars

Forks: 162
Commits: 3,185 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

argerim/select2-rails

Integrate Select2 javascript library with Rails asset pipeline

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2022-12-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-07
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 10 open

963

stars

Forks: 362
Commits: 202 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

hotwired/hotwire-rails

Use Hotwire in your Ruby on Rails app

Archived

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2021-12-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

963

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 27 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

janko/image_processing

Web-friendly image processing macros for libvips and ImageMagick

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#image-processing #imagemagick #minimagick #ruby #thumbnails #vips

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-03
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

961

stars

Forks: 91
Commits: 438 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

jeremyw/stamp

Date and time formatting for humans.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-08-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-06-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

959

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 103 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

enriclluelles/route_translator

Translate your rails app route to various languages without the hassle

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-06-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

951

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 1,111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

weppos/breadcrumbs_on_rails

A simple Ruby on Rails plugin for creating and managing a breadcrumb navigation.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2024-12-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-05-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

949

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 172 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

marckohlbrugge/sessy

Open-source email observability for AWS SES

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#amazon-ses #email #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2025-12-30
History: 137 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

941

stars

Forks: 45
Commits: 393 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +2 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +6 +1.6%

Website GitHub

rgeo/activerecord-postgis-adapter

ActiveRecord connection adapter for PostGIS, based on postgresql and rgeo

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #postgis #postgresql #rails #rgeo #ruby

Updated: 2026-04-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-12-07
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 16 open

936

stars

Forks: 257
Commits: 857 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

ruby/rdoc

RDoc produces HTML and online documentation for Ruby projects.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#documentation-tool #hacktoberfest #ruby

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-02-28
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 168 open

927

stars

Forks: 468
Commits: 4,181 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

janlelis/irbtools

Improvements for Ruby's IRB console 💎︎

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #irb #ruby #ruby-console #terminal

Updated: 2025-12-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-04
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

925

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 390 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

openSUSE/osem

Open Source Event Manager. An event management tool tailored to Free and Open Source Software conferences.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#conference #conferences #events #hacktoberfest #osem #rails

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 246 open

925

stars

Forks: 503
Commits: 5,392 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SciRuby/iruby

Official gem repository: Ruby kernel for Jupyter/IPython Notebook

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#interactive #jupyter #repl #ruby

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 49 open

924

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 776 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

palkan/anyway_config

Configuration library for Ruby gems and applications

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#configuration #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

915

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 437 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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