nathanl/authority
*CURRENTLY UNMAINTAINED*. Authority helps you authorize actions in your Rails app. It's ORM-neutral and has very little fancy syntax; just group your models under one or more Authorizer classes and write plain Ruby methods on them. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 5290
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2480
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1197 stars · 68 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Authority is a Ruby gem that helps you authorize actions in Rails apps by grouping models under Authorizer classes with plain Ruby methods. It is ORM-neutral and explicitly unmaintained, with a suggested migration path to Pundit.
Use cases
- authorize user actions in a rails app
- class-level and instance-level permission rules
- organize authorization logic in plain ruby methods
- handle unauthorized actions in controllers
- role-based access control without orm lock-in
When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Rails app already using Authority
- you want ORM-neutral authorization with minimal syntax
When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is unmaintained
- you want an actively maintained alternative like Pundit
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
authorization security middleware web-development security backend ruby rails gem orm-neutral unmaintained access-control web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/nathanl/authority · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5c8450b10417
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nathanl/authority | main | 10 |
For agents
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