# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/active_scaffold
Homepage: https://activescaffold.eu
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-18T10:59:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6678, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1134, forks 330 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.161887+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, form-handling, web-framework, routing, templating
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, cms
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: rails-gem, crud-scaffolding, admin-panels, active-record, jquery, internal-tools, prototyping, web-server

## Member repositories
- activescaffold/active_scaffold (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.161887+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:36:53.654935+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.161887+00:00, sha 5333494785a1)
  - homepage: https://activescaffold.eu (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:49.869201+00:00, sha 69a6538d8b31)
  - site_page: https://activescaffold.eu/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:49.878812+00:00, sha 20398722d4ae)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.