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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: 2026-10-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2004-11-24
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,631 open

58,796

stars

Forks: 24,129
Commits: 99,851 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

paper-trail-gem/paper_trail

Track changes to your rails models

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #audit #log #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-05-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

7,029

stars

Forks: 908
Commits: 2,427 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

Search everywhere and in a hurry!

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-31
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

5,859

stars

Forks: 817
Commits: 1,976 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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 170 open

5,230

stars

Forks: 647
Commits: 1,536 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ctran/annotate_models

Annotate Rails classes with schema and routes info

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #rails #ruby

Updated: 2024-08-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-02-27
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 145 open

4,483

stars

Forks: 680
Commits: 1,027 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

scenic-views/scenic

Versioned database views for Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #database #database-views #hacktoberfest #postgres #rails

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 35 open

3,627

stars

Forks: 243
Commits: 265 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

collectiveidea/audited

Audited (formerly acts_as_audited) is an ORM extension that logs all changes to your Rails models.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #audit #audit-log #audit-trail #auditing #rails

Updated: 2025-11-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-07-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 208 open

3,498

stars

Forks: 658
Commits: 994 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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public-activity/public_activity

Easy activity tracking for models - similar to Github's Public Activity

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #activity-stream #hackertoberfest #news-feed #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-06-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-02-28
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 22 open

2,990

stars

Forks: 329
Commits: 589 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

magnusvk/counter_culture

Turbo-charged counter caches for your Rails app.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #counter-cache #database #gem #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-05-24
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

2,118

stars

Forks: 224
Commits: 790 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Shopify/identity_cache

IdentityCache is a blob level caching solution to plug into Active Record. Don't #find, #fetch!

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #cache #webscale

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-02-28
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 43 open

1,969

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 1,124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ClosureTree/closure_tree

Easily and efficiently make your ActiveRecord models support hierarchies

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #ancestry #child #closure-tree #descendants #hierarchies

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-05-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 74 open

1,945

stars

Forks: 247
Commits: 1,024 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

brainspec/enumerize

Enumerated attributes with I18n and ActiveRecord/Mongoid support

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #mongoid #ruby

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-25
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

1,762

stars

Forks: 202
Commits: 747 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

palkan/logidze

Database changes log for Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #hacktoberfest #postgresql #rails #versioning

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

1,687

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 418 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

salsify/goldiloader

Just the right amount of Rails eager loading

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #eager-loading #gem #hacktoberfest #performance #ruby-on-rails

Updated: 2026-03-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-06-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

1,673

stars

Forks: 53
Commits: 205 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

adzap/validates_timeliness

Date and time validation plugin for ActiveModel and Rails. Supports multiple ORMs and allows custom date/time formats.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activemodel #activerecord #rails #validation

Updated: 2025-12-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-01
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

1,615

stars

Forks: 234
Commits: 441 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

ankane/lockbox

Modern encryption for Ruby and Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #activestorage #carrierwave #encryption #libsodium #mongoid

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-01-02
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

1,610

stars

Forks: 79
Commits: 924 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Casecommons/pg_search

pg_search builds ActiveRecord named scopes that take advantage of PostgreSQL’s full text search

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #metaphone #multi-search #pg-search #postgresql #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-11-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 157 open

1,586

stars

Forks: 380
Commits: 1,139 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pawurb/rails-pg-extras

Rails PostgreSQL database performance insights. Locks, index usage, buffer cache hit ratios, vacuum stats and more.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #postgresql #rails

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-25
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

1,247

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

djezzzl/database_consistency

The tool to avoid various issues due to inconsistencies and inefficiencies between a database schema and application models.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#activerecord #consistency #database #optimization #performance #rails

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-20
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

1,193

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 434 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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

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

balvig/spyke

Interact with REST services in an ActiveRecord-like manner

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #api #faraday #json #rest #rest-api

Updated: 2025-11-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-13
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 17 open

902

stars

Forks: 65
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

mrkamel/search_cop

Search engine like fulltext query support for ActiveRecord

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #fulltext-indices #fulltext-support #mysql #postgres #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-04
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

838

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 229 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

IFTTT/polo

Polo travels through your database and creates sample snapshots so you can work with real world data in development.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #database #productivity #snapshot

Updated: 2025-08-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-28
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

789

stars

Forks: 50
Commits: 116 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fatkodima/online_migrations

Catch unsafe PostgreSQL migrations in development and run them easier in production (code helpers for table/column renaming, changing column type, adding columns with default, background migrations, etc).

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #gem #migrations #postgresql #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

757

stars

Forks: 28
Commits: 507 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ledermann/unread

Handle unread records and mark them as read with Ruby on Rails

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #rails #ruby #rubygems #unread-records

Updated: 2026-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 21 open

738

stars

Forks: 118
Commits: 399 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

nullobject/rein

Database constraints made easy for ActiveRecord.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #constraints #database #library #postgres #rails

Updated: 2020-10-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-28
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

670

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 235 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

drwl/annotaterb

A Ruby Gem that adds annotations to your Rails models and route files.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #annotations #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-02-27
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 13 open

624

stars

Forks: 94
Commits: 1,297 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

glebm/order_query

Find next / previous Active Record(s) in one query

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#activerecord #keyset-paging #pagination #rails #ruby

Updated: 2025-11-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-10
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

516

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 170 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

PhilWaldmann/openrecord

Make ORMs great again!

Archived

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#activedirectory #activerecord #graphql #javascript #ldap #mysql

Updated: 2021-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-20
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

485

stars

Forks: 38
Commits: 893 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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