3.94
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CoffeeScript adapter for the Rails asset pipeline.
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3.85
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Use Pry as your rails console
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4.2
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Since Typo has been in existence since March 2005, it is likely the oldest blogging platform in Rails. It has a full set of features you would expect from such an engine, which include powerful SEO capabilities, full themes, and plug-in extensions.
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4.1
A long-lived project that still receives updates
Object geocoding (by street or IP address), reverse geocoding (coordinates to street address), distance queries for ActiveRecord and Mongoid, result caching, and more. Designed for Rails but works with Sinatra and other Rack frameworks too.
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3.89
There's a lot of open issues
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Tame Rails' multi-line logging into a single line per request
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3.69
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will_paginate provides a simple API for performing paginated queries with Active Record and Sequel, and includes helpers for rendering pagination links in Rails, Sinatra, and Hanami web apps.
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3.63
No release in over 3 years
Capybara aims to simplify the process of integration testing Rack applications, such as Rails, Sinatra or Merb. It is inspired by and aims to replace Webrat as a DSL for interacting with a webapplication. It is agnostic about the driver running your tests and currently comes bundled with rack-tes...
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3.63
No release in over 3 years
Capybara aims to simplify the process of integration testing Rack applications, such as Rails, Sinatra or Merb. It is inspired by and aims to replace Webrat as a DSL for interacting with a webapplication. It is agnostic about the driver running your tests and currently comes bundled with rack-tes...
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3.52
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Provides a better error page for Rails and other Rack apps. Includes source code inspection, a live REPL and local/instance variable inspection for all stack frames.
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1.91
Low commit activity in last 3 years
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No release in over a year
Automatically generate an entity-relationship diagram (ERD) for your Rails models.
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3.32
No release in over 3 years
Low commit activity in last 3 years
The jQuery Form Plugin allows you to easily and unobtrusively upgrade HTML forms to use AJAX.
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3.24
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Simple authorization solution for Rails. All permissions are stored in a single location.
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2.78
No release in over 3 years
Low commit activity in last 3 years
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Integrate SassC-Ruby into Rails.
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2.74
The project is in a healthy, maintained state
The best Rails 3 and Rails 4 forum engine. Ever.