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octobox/octobox

📮 Untangle your GitHub Notifications

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#github #github-notifications #inbox #notifications #octobox #rails

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-12-16
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 65 open

4,484

stars

Forks: 348
Commits: 5,760 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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

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ankane/ahoy

Simple, powerful, first-party analytics for Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#analytics #events #first-party-analytics #rails #visits

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-02-26
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

4,482

stars

Forks: 385
Commits: 1,028 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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crmne/ruby_llm

The Ruby-native AI framework. Chats, agents, tools, images, audio, and video through one consistent API, in plain Ruby or Rails.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#agent-framework #agentic-ai #agents #ai #ai-agents #ai-framework

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2025-01-30
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

4,423

stars

Forks: 509
Commits: 1,590 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

blackcandy-org/blackcandy

A self hosted music streaming server

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#audio #hotwire #music #music-player #music-streaming #musicplayer

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-07
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 30 open

4,421

stars

Forks: 225
Commits: 1,054 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mina-deploy/mina

Blazing fast deployer and server automation tool

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#deployment #mina #rails #ruby #ssh

Updated: 2024-08-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-06-01
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 35 open

4,353

stars

Forks: 478
Commits: 951 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

thoughtbot/suspenders

A Rails application template with our standard defaults, optimized for deployment on Heroku.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#rails #template

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-04-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

4,040

stars

Forks: 520
Commits: 1,201 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

flippercloud/flipper

🐬 Beautiful, performant feature flags for Ruby.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#api #dalli #feature #feature-flag #feature-flagging #feature-flags

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-22
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 34 open

3,972

stars

Forks: 444
Commits: 3,402 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

refinery/refinerycms

An extendable Ruby on Rails CMS that supports Rails 6.1 to 8.1+ and Ruby 3.x to 4.x

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#demo #hacktoberfest #inquiry #news #rails #refinery

Updated: 2026-05-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-05-28
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 35 open

3,905

stars

Forks: 1,223
Commits: 10,194 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ruby-china/homeland

:circus_tent: An open source forum/community system based on Rails, developed based on Ruby China.

Stack

Ruby Express Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Bundler Yarn

GitHub topics

#community #disscusstion #forum #homeland #rails

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2012-07-19
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 27 open

3,859

stars

Forks: 1,175
Commits: 5,016 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website 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

chaskiq/chaskiq

A full featured Live Chat, Support & Marketing platform, alternative to Intercom, Drift, Crisp.

Stack

TypeScript React Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#chat #chatbot #graphql #helpdesk #knowledge-base #livechat

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-29
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 83 open

3,572

stars

Forks: 510
Commits: 2,590 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

GitHub

alexrudall/ruby-openai

OpenAI API + Ruby! 🤖❤️ GPT-5 & Realtime WebRTC compatible!

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#ai #api-client #chatgpt #dall-e #gpt-4 #gpt-4o

Updated: 2026-05-01
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2020-08-03
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 55 open

3,222

stars

Forks: 383
Commits: 1,327 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bensheldon/good_job

Multithreaded, Postgres-based, Active Job backend for Ruby on Rails.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activejob #activejob-backend #hacktoberfest #multithreaded #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-02-24
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 141 open

2,996

stars

Forks: 256
Commits: 1,477 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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

theforeman/foreman

an application that automates the lifecycle of servers

Stack

Ruby React Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#cloud #config-management #foreman #hacktoberfest #hybrid-cloud #infrastructure

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-07-13
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

2,916

stars

Forks: 1,044
Commits: 11,415 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

danbooru/danbooru

A taggable image board written in Rails.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#anime #booru #danbooru #imageboard #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-02-04
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 466 open

2,816

stars

Forks: 449
Commits: 14,876 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

kpumuk/meta-tags

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Ruby on Rails applications.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#meta-tags #opengraph #opengraph-tags #rails #ruby #search-engine-optimization

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-09-17
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

2,801

stars

Forks: 280
Commits: 867 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

comfy/comfortable-mexican-sofa

ComfortableMexicanSofa is a powerful Ruby on Rails 5.2+ CMS (Content Management System) Engine

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#cms #rails #rails-engine #ruby

Updated: 2024-05-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 52 open

2,708

stars

Forks: 616
Commits: 2,603 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

excid3/noticed

Notifications for Ruby on Rails applications

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#email #notifications #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-07-27
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

2,705

stars

Forks: 202
Commits: 677 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

danmayer/coverband

Ruby production code coverage collection and reporting (line of code usage)

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#coverage-data #coverage-report #coverband #rack-middleware #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-11-04
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

2,690

stars

Forks: 170
Commits: 1,873 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

DavyJonesLocker/client_side_validations

Client Side Validations made easy for Ruby on Rails

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler pnpm

GitHub topics

#clientsidevalidations #rails

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-30
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

2,681

stars

Forks: 395
Commits: 1,752 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

scambra/devise_invitable

An invitation strategy for devise

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#devise #invitation #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-08
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 73 open

2,674

stars

Forks: 543
Commits: 1,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

fnando/browser

Do some browser detection with Ruby. Includes ActionController integration.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#browser-detection #rails #ruby #user-agent

Updated: 2025-06-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-16
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

2,497

stars

Forks: 364
Commits: 597 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

stimulusreflex/stimulus_reflex

Build reactive applications with the Rails tooling you already know and love.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Vite Vue Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#actioncable #cableready #hacktoberfest #hotwire #rails #reactive

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-14
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

2,335

stars

Forks: 172
Commits: 1,702 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

macournoyer/thin

A very fast & simple Ruby web server

Archived

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#rack #rails #ruby #server #thin #web-server

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-11-12
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

2,275

stars

Forks: 344
Commits: 964 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pay-rails/pay

Payments for Ruby on Rails apps

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#braintree #engine #hacktoberfest #paddle #pay #payment-provider

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-01
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

2,254

stars

Forks: 359
Commits: 1,987 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

karafka/karafka

Ruby and Rails efficient Kafka processing framework

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#active-job #activejob-backend #apache-kafka #background-jobs #events #kafka

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-30
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 83 open

2,252

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 2,897 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

manyfold3d/manyfold

A self-hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Vite Bundler Yarn

GitHub topics

#3d-printing #dam #digital-asset-management #hacktoberfest #obj-files #rails

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-30
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 524 open

2,202

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 15,332 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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