The dumbest authentication gem ever! It works like this (as specified in the tests):

• POST to the login_path and logged_in? will return true for the rest of the session
• DELETE to the logout_path and logged_in? will return false for the rest of the session

Just add the dumb_auth gem to your Gemfile, bundle, and you will get access to the login (POST) route, logout (DELETE) route and logged_in? method, accessible both in your controllers and helpers.

Note that DumbAuth requires ApplicationController to exist in the app where it is installed.

Deciding which (smart) authentication gem to use in a Rails project takes time. Often, you do not want/need to spend this time at the beginning of the project: you simply want to show different pages when the user is logged in or out. If you start with DumbAuth, you get exactly this, without wasting precious time at the beginning of a project.

Fork the project, edit the code, make sure the tests pass by running rake, commit and submit a Github pull request. Thanks! :)

This project rocks and uses MIT-LICENSE.