# hothero/awesome-rails-gem

A collection of awesome Ruby Gems for Rails development.

Repository: https://github.com/hothero/awesome-rails-gem
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-rails-gem
Language: Ruby
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-03-12T22:04:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4281, "days_push": 904, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2805, forks 281 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:22.763245+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of Ruby Gems for Ruby on Rails development, organized by category such as authentication, authorization, file uploading, testing, and logging. It serves as a reference catalog linking to popular gems rather than being a library itself.

## Use cases
- find the best rails gem for authentication
- discover ruby gems for file uploading in rails
- compare authorization libraries like pundit and cancancan
- find gems for background jobs and scheduling in rails
- curated list of rails gems for testing and debugging
- what gems should i use to build a rails api

## When to choose
- you are starting a new Rails project and want recommended gems per category
- you want a quick overview of the Ruby gem ecosystem for common Rails needs

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date gem recommendations, as the list may lag behind newer alternatives
- you need documentation or code rather than links to other projects

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: ruby
- tags: ruby-gems, rails, awesome-list, curated-list

## Member repositories
- hothero/awesome-rails-gem (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.763245+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 2026-08-30T08:14:29.228004+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hothero/awesome-rails-gem (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:22.763245+00:00, sha cd79b7874bd3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.