activescaffold/active_scaffold
Save time and headaches, and create a more easily maintainable set of pages, with ActiveScaffold. ActiveScaffold handles all your CRUD (create, read, update, delete) user interface needs, leaving you more time to focus on more challenging (and interesting!) problems. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6678
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1134 stars · 330 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
ActiveScaffold is a Ruby on Rails gem that automatically generates full-featured CRUD (create, read, update, delete) user interfaces for ActiveRecord models. It includes built-in search, pagination, association handling, and layout controls, with extensive customization options.
Use cases
- generate admin panels for Rails apps
- quickly scaffold CRUD pages for data models
- build internal tools for managing database records
- create functional prototypes to validate ideas
- manage model associations through a web UI
- add search and pagination to record listings
When to choose
- you need admin or back-office interfaces for Rails apps with minimal coding
- you want rapid prototyping of data-management UIs
- you need configurable, maintainable CRUD pages with search and pagination out of the box
When to avoid
- you need fully custom, design-driven frontend UIs rather than scaffolded admin pages
- your project uses Rails < 7.2 or Ruby < 3.2 on the latest version
- you prefer modern JS-heavy frontend frameworks over Rails server-rendered views with jQuery
Facets
plugin · maturity active
ui-components form-handling web-framework routing templating web-development backend developer-tools cms ruby cross-platform rails-gem crud-scaffolding admin-panels active-record jquery internal-tools prototyping web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5333494785a1
- homepage: https://activescaffold.eu · fetched 2026-08-29 · 69a6538d8b31
- site_page: https://activescaffold.eu/doc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 20398722d4ae
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| activescaffold/active_scaffold | main | 76 |
For agents
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