Vigilante is a db-backed authorisation, completely configurable and dynamic; where permissions can be limited to extents.

GitLab fork. YamlDb is a database-independent format for dumping and restoring data. It complements the the database-independent schema format found in db/schema.rb. The data is saved into db/data.yml. This can be used as a replacement for mysqldump or pg_dump, but only for the databases typic...

Allows for arbitrary permissions on arbitrary collections of objects, rather than system-wide role based management

Permissable lets you set a number of 'permissions' to your database models. By assigning 'members' to 'resources' (models) you can specify various permission states.

Trust is a resource oriented framework for authorization control. It is compatible with Rails 3 and 4. It has a loose coupling from the models, and features a native Ruby implementation language. Support for inheritance and namespaced models as well as nested routes. Even permissions scheme supp...

Easy permissions engine for Rails app.

Permissive combines a model-based permissions system with bitmasking to create a flexible approach to maintaining permissions on your ActiveRecord models. It supports an easy-to-use set of methods for accessing and determining permissions, including some fun metaprogramming.

Heimdallr aims to provide an easy to configure and efficient object- and field-level access control solution, reusing proven patterns from gems like CanCan and allowing one to manage permissions in a very fine-grained manner.

adds group based permissions to Capistrano tasks

simple permissions based authorisation with roles

decko permissions

Test helpers for CloudFoundry Permissions

Fine grained access control based on method interception. This is a proxy that allows you to define permissions on your models without breaking MVC by putting user code in your models.

Use LDAP permissions in PostgreSQL

Simple Rails plugin to assign a list of permissions on a resource.

The Ruby tool for auditing and reporting on user permissions based on groups

Use model-level authorization with a very granular roles and permissions definition.

Very lightweight permissions for Ruby.

ChiliProject/Redmine plugin which allows you to upload a zipped directory containing a "web-friendly" presentation (HTML/JS/CSS) and associate it with a project. The plugin will unzip it and filter viewing permissions according to your 'permissions' settings.

LogicalAuthorization allows authorization in a finely grained framework, including ACLs and database based permissions, designed to slide into your project seamlessly. You should be able to add logical_authz to your Gemfile and add needs_authorization to your base controller class and be...