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okuramasafumi/alba

Alba is a JSON serializer for Ruby, JRuby and TruffleRuby.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #json #json-serialization #json-serializer #performance #presenter

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-01-21
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

1,205

stars

Forks: 63
Commits: 1,383 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

excid3/gorails-app-template

Easily jumpstart a new Rails application with a bunch of great features by default

Archived

Stack

HTML

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #rails #ruby #rubyonrails #template

Updated: 2025-02-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-25
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,199

stars

Forks: 313
Commits: 244 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ankane/ahoy_email

First-party email analytics for Rails

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#analytics #first-party-analytics #rails

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-28
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

1,195

stars

Forks: 144
Commits: 547 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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amatsuda/active_decorator

ORM agnostic truly Object-Oriented view helper for Rails 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#decorators #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-11-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

1,129

stars

Forks: 108
Commits: 557 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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huacnlee/rails-settings-cached

Global settings for your Rails application.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#config #configuration #rails #setting

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-02-25
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

1,124

stars

Forks: 205
Commits: 376 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ledermann/docker-rails

Dockerize Rails 7 with ActionCable, Webpacker, Stimulus, Elasticsearch, Sidekiq

Archived

Stack

Ruby Express Ruby on Rails Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#actioncable #deployment #docker #file-upload #opensearch #rails

Updated: 2024-10-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

1,099

stars

Forks: 170
Commits: 6,612 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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brendon/ranked-model

An acts_as_sortable/acts_as_list replacement built for Rails 4+

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-28
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

1,094

stars

Forks: 134
Commits: 209 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mattbrictson/rails-template

My former app template for Rails 7. All recommendations you see here have been moved to https://github.com/mattbrictson/nextgen

Archived

Stack

Ruby npm

GitHub topics

#boilerplate #heroku #rails #rails-generators #vite

Updated: 2023-12-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-10-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

1,071

stars

Forks: 218
Commits: 422 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

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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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

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

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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

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

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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

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%

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rubocop/rubocop-rails

A RuboCop extension focused on enforcing Rails best practices and coding conventions.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#code-formatter #hacktoberfest #linter #rails #rubocop #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-06-10
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 193 open

877

stars

Forks: 316
Commits: 2,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

automaticmode/active_workflow

Polyglot workflows without leaving the comfort of your technology stack.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activeworkflow #agents #data-engineering #data-ops #event-driven #ifttt

Updated: 2023-04-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-03-29
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

864

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 201 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

inaturalist/inaturalist

The Rails app behind iNaturalist.org

Stack

JavaScript React Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-09-04
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 558 open

859

stars

Forks: 232
Commits: 15,895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

coderwall/coderwall-legacy

Professional network for software engineers

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler

Updated: 2016-02-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-21
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

856

stars

Forks: 303
Commits: 1,444 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

wearefine/fae

CMS for Rails. For Reals.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#cms #content-management-system #hacktoberfest #rails #rails-engine #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-08-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

852

stars

Forks: 142
Commits: 3,513 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

spohlenz/tinymce-rails

Integration of TinyMCE with the Rails asset pipeline

Stack

JavaScript Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#rails #ruby #tinymce

Updated: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-02
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 73 open

822

stars

Forks: 261
Commits: 509 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

autolab/Autolab

Course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#autograding #autolab #cmu #education #feedback #programming

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-10-25
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 190 open

809

stars

Forks: 235
Commits: 2,179 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

codeforamerica/adopt-a-hydrant

A web application that allows citizens to "adopt" civic infrastructure, such as fire hydrants that need to be shoveled out after it snows.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2023-09-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-14
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 30 open

795

stars

Forks: 231
Commits: 1,713 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

caxlsx/caxlsx_rails

A Rails plugin to provide templates for the axlsx gem

Stack

Ruby Bundler

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-07-12
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 8 open

762

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 351 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

janko/rodauth-rails

Rails integration for Rodauth authentication framework

Stack

HTML Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#account-management #authentication #json-api #jwt #multifactor-authentication #rails

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-02-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

758

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 720 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hotwired/stimulus-rails

Use Stimulus in your Ruby on Rails app

Stack

JavaScript Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2025-03-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-02
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

727

stars

Forks: 94
Commits: 253 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mquan/lavish

a rails app that generates Bootstrap color scheme from an image

Stack

CSS Ruby on Rails Bundler

Updated: 2022-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-14
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 16 open

687

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 87 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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