# activeadmin/activeadmin

The administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.

Repository: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/activeadmin
Homepage: https://activeadmin.info
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, activeadmin, arbre, rails, admin-ui
Last push: 2026-08-25T07:01:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 69, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5984, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 51, "gap_med": 124, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9705, forks 3325 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:36.869256+00:00)

## What it is
Active Admin is a Ruby on Rails engine and framework for building elegant administration backends for web applications. It provides a DSL to generate admin interfaces with CRUD resources, filters, scopes, sidebars, authentication via Devise, and CSV/JSON/XML downloads.

## Use cases
- build an admin dashboard for a rails app
- generate CRUD admin interface for existing models
- add admin panel with authentication to rails application
- create filterable and searchable admin tables
- export admin resources as CSV or JSON
- customize admin UI with sidebars and custom actions

## When to choose
- you have a Ruby on Rails application and need an admin backend quickly
- you want a customizable DSL-driven admin UI with built-in auth, filters, and pagination
- you need staff-facing data management screens with CSV/JSON/XML exports

## When to avoid
- your project is not Ruby on Rails
- you need a fully custom, highly designed admin frontend rather than a convention-based interface
- you want a headless admin API without server-rendered UI

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, ui-components, auth, authorization, form-handling, templating, csv, data-visualization
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, cms
- platform: ruby, cross-platform
- tags: rails-engine, admin-dashboard, admin-ui, dsl, devise, crud-interface, web-server

## Member repositories
- activeadmin/activeadmin (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:36.869256+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 2026-08-29T17:21:14.677710+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:36.869256+00:00, sha 0a02e8bf3585)
  - homepage: https://activeadmin.info (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:54.302968+00:00, sha cc1244458f8a)
  - site_page: https://activeadmin.info/0-installation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:54.305443+00:00, sha a20527f53f7b)
  - site_page: https://activeadmin.info/8-custom-actions.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:54.307358+00:00, sha 57c1338b9581)
  - site_page: https://activeadmin.info/3-index-pages.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:54.309046+00:00, sha aaa03666f669)
  - site_page: https://activeadmin.info/7-sidebars.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:54.310723+00:00, sha 735b225eb467)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.