# rharriso/bower-rails

Bundler-like DSL + rake tasks for Bower on Rails

Repository: https://github.com/rharriso/bower-rails
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bower-rails
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-04-24T05:04:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5064, "days_push": 1227, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1450, forks 125 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.904298+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby gem that adds Bower package management support to Rails projects via a Bundler-like DSL (Bowerfile) or bower., plus rake tasks for installing and updating frontend dependencies. It integrates Bower-managed assets into the Rails asset pipeline under lib and vendor directories.

## Use cases
- manage bower dependencies in a rails app
- install frontend libraries into vendor assets
- use a ruby DSL to declare bower packages
- rake tasks to install and update bower components
- include bower packages in the asset pipeline

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy Rails app still using Bower for frontend assets
- you want a Bundler-style DSL for declaring frontend dependencies in Rails

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Rails project - use npm/yarn/jsbundling instead since Bower is deprecated
- your project does not use Ruby on Rails

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: package-manager, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: ruby
- tags: rails, bower, asset-pipeline, rake-tasks, frontend-assets, web-server

## Member repositories
- rharriso/bower-rails (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.904298+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 2026-08-30T04:35:56.921541+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rharriso/bower-rails (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.904298+00:00, sha 0aaccba95f0c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.