salsify/goldiloader

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1672 stars · 53 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Goldiloader is a Ruby gem that automatically eager loads ActiveRecord associations to eliminate N+1 queries. It batches association loads across models in a query result into a single database query without requiring explicit includes or preload calls.

Use cases

• fix N+1 query problems in Rails apps
• automatically eager load ActiveRecord associations
• reduce database query count in Rails controllers
• optimize Rails ORM performance without manual includes
• batch load nested associations in ActiveRecord
• speed up slow Rails pages caused by per-record queries

When to choose

• you have a Rails app suffering from N+1 queries
• you want eager loading to happen automatically without auditing every code path
• you access associations uniformly across loaded records
• you want a drop-in gem with minimal configuration

When to avoid

• you are not using Ruby on Rails or ActiveRecord
• your code accesses associations non-uniformly, causing over-fetching of unused data
• you need fine-grained control over which queries are batched
• you are on Rails older than the supported versions without using a legacy release branch

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orm database caching web-development databases performance developer-tools ruby activerecord eager-loading n-plus-one ruby-on-rails gem query-optimization web-server

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