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rpush/rpush

The push notification service for Ruby.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#apns #apns2 #fcm #firebase-cloud-messaging #hacktoberfest #notification-service

Updated: 2025-07-01
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-08-23
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 39 open

2,201

stars

Forks: 382
Commits: 1,780 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rubyconfig/config

Easiest way to add multi-environment yaml settings to Rails, Sinatra, Padrino and other Ruby projects.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#config #configuration #configuration-management #environment-variables #environments #padrino

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-05-19
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 25 open

2,169

stars

Forks: 231
Commits: 591 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ruby-shoryuken/shoryuken

A super efficient Amazon SQS thread based message processor for Ruby.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#activejob #aws-sdk-ruby #aws-sqs #concurrent-ruby #message-processor #rails

Updated: 2026-10-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-02
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 19 open

2,125

stars

Forks: 286
Commits: 1,461 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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

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remi/her

Her is an ORM (Object Relational Mapper) that maps REST resources to Ruby objects. It is designed to build applications that are powered by a RESTful API instead of a database.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#json-data #orm #rails #ruby

Updated: 2024-05-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-07
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 115 open

2,070

stars

Forks: 323
Commits: 919 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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heartcombo/responders

A set of Rails responders to dry up your application

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#controllers #flash-messages #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-02
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

2,058

stars

Forks: 162
Commits: 470 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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test-prof/test-prof

Ruby Tests Profiling Toolbox

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #profiling #rails #rspec #ruby #testing

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-05-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

2,050

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 820 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ambethia/recaptcha

ReCaptcha helpers for ruby apps

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler

GitHub topics

#captcha #rails #recaptcha #ruby #sinatra

Updated: 2026-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-05-26
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 50 open

2,006

stars

Forks: 437
Commits: 786 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

lazaronixon/authentication-zero

An authentication system generator for Rails applications.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#api #auth #authentication #generator #rails #rails-authentication

Updated: 2024-12-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-14
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 20 open

1,874

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 536 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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publify/publify

A self hosted Web publishing platform on Rails.

Stack

Less Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#blog-engine #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2005-01-20
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 84 open

1,853

stars

Forks: 3,624
Commits: 8,075 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

snibox/snibox

Self-hosted snippet manager

Stack

Ruby Express Ruby on Rails Vue Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#gists #notes #rails #self-hosted #snippets #vue

Updated: 2022-12-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-07
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 43 open

1,811

stars

Forks: 116
Commits: 325 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

avo-hq/avo

The Essential Toolkit for building Internal Tools and admin panels with Ruby on Rails

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#admin #admin-dashboard #admin-panel #cms-framework #content-management-system #crm

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-03-28
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 156 open

1,806

stars

Forks: 317
Commits: 3,724 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fphilipe/premailer-rails

CSS styled emails without the hassle.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#css #email #gem #inline-css #rails #ruby

Updated: 2024-06-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-04-03
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

1,766

stars

Forks: 257
Commits: 398 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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openfarmcc/OpenFarm

A free and open database for farming and gardening knowledge. You can grow anything!

Archived

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#farming #gardening #open-source #plants #rails

Updated: 2025-04-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-27
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 134 open

1,733

stars

Forks: 280
Commits: 2,945 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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

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bootstrap-ruby/bootstrap_form

Official repository of the bootstrap_form gem, a Rails form builder that makes it super easy to create beautiful-looking forms using Bootstrap 5.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler Yarn

GitHub topics

#bootstrap #rails #rails-form-builder #ruby

Updated: 2026-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-01-06
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 51 open

1,639

stars

Forks: 350
Commits: 1,109 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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catarse/catarse

The first open source crowdfunding platform for creative projects in the world

Archived

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#crowdfunding #donations #payment-engines #payment-gateway #rails #ruby

Updated: 2023-03-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-11
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: Disabled

1,639

stars

Forks: 812
Commits: 16,820 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pat/thinking-sphinx

Sphinx/Manticore plugin for ActiveRecord/Rails

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#rails #ruby #search #sphinx

Updated: 2026-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-13
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

1,620

stars

Forks: 464
Commits: 1,346 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website 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

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thredded/thredded

The best Rails forums engine ever.

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#forums #message-board #rails #rails-engine #ruby

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-21
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 36 open

1,597

stars

Forks: 214
Commits: 1,814 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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plentz/lol_dba

lol_dba is a small package of rake tasks that scan your application models and displays a list of columns that probably should be indexed. Also, it can generate .sql migration scripts.

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#database #database-migrations #gem #migrations #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-03-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-09-10
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 15 open

1,595

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 422 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ElMassimo/vite_ruby

⚡️ Vite.js in Ruby, bringing joy to your JavaScript experience

Stack

Ruby Express React Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#frontend-tooling #hanami #integration #plugin #rack #rails

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-01-19
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 33 open

1,590

stars

Forks: 153
Commits: 770 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

palkan/action_policy

Authorization framework for Ruby/Rails applications

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Astro Express React Ruby on Rails Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#authorization #hacktoberfest #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-02-12
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

1,563

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 583 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RailsEventStore/rails_event_store

A Ruby implementation of an Event Store based on Active Record

Stack

Ruby React Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Bundler npm

GitHub topics

#aggregate-root #cqrs #cqrs-es #ddd #domain-driven-design #event-driven

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-03-31
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

1,555

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 8,236 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

codetriage/CodeTriage

Discover the best way to get started contributing to Open Source projects

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Sinatra Bundler Composer npm

GitHub topics

#open-source #rails #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-05-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 104 open

1,468

stars

Forks: 381
Commits: 3,275 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stimulus-components/stimulus-components

Over 25 Stimulus controllers with built-in behavior, top-tier documentation, designed for easy extension, and ready for your styles to solve every day frontend problems.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Nuxt Tailwind CSS Vite npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#npm-package #rails #stimulus-components #stimulus-controllers #stimulusjs

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2020-09-24
History: 40 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 51 open

1,466

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 375 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ivaldi/brimir

Email helpdesk built using Ruby on Rails and Zurb Foundation

Archived

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Bundler

GitHub topics

#e-mail #helpdesk #rails #ruby #ticket

Updated: 2018-12-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-09
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

1,365

stars

Forks: 290
Commits: 1,371 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tryzealot/zealot

Self-hosted Beta App Distribution for Android, iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows apps | 开源自部署移动应用、 macOS、Linux 和 Windows 应用分发平台，提供 iOS、Android SDK、fastlane 等丰富组件库

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Ruby on Rails Tailwind CSS Vite Bundler npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#adhoc #android #appstoreconnect #deployment #distribution #docker

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-26
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

1,354

stars

Forks: 174
Commits: 9,983 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

procore-oss/blueprinter

Simple, Fast, and Declarative Serialization Library for Ruby

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#json #presenter #rails #resource-serializer #ruby #serializer

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-21
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

1,313

stars

Forks: 117
Commits: 950 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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