mikker/passwordless
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🗝 Authentication for your Rails app without the icky-ness of passwords observed · 2026-09-21
Health v2 · maintenance only
68/100
- Activity 80
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3271
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 120
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1339 stars · 91 forks observed · 2026-09-21
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Passwordless is a Rails engine that adds magic-link (email-based) authentication to Rails applications without passwords. It provides a session model, controller helpers, and configurable token delivery and expiry.
Use cases
- add magic link login to a Rails app
- authenticate users without passwords
- sign in users via emailed links
- replace Devise with a lightweight auth solution
- restrict controller access to signed-in users
- implement email-based session authentication
When to choose
- you have a Rails app and want simple email magic-link authentication
- you want to avoid storing and managing passwords
- you want a minimal, mountable auth engine you can customize
When to avoid
- you need multi-factor authentication or OAuth/social login
- you're not using Ruby on Rails
- you need a full-featured auth suite with registrations and password resets out of the box
Facets
library · maturity active
auth middleware email web-development backend security developer-tools ruby rails magic-link passwordless-authentication rails-engine user-authentication web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mikker/passwordless · fetched 2026-09-21 · 3ee43a9c19b5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mikker/passwordless | main | 68 |
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