rubysherpas/paranoia

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Paranoia is a Ruby gem that adds soft-delete functionality to Rails ActiveRecord models via acts_as_paranoid, hiding records by setting a deleted_at timestamp instead of destroying them. It is a reimplementation of acts_as_paranoid for Rails 5, 6, and 7 that accepts only bug fixes, not new features.

Use cases

• soft delete records in a rails app
• hide deleted rows instead of removing them from the database
• restore soft-deleted activerecord records
• add deleted_at timestamp column to models
• cascade soft deletes through dependent associations

When to choose

• you maintain an existing Rails app already using acts_as_paranoid or paranoia
• you need soft deletes with ActiveRecord query scoping in Rails 5-7
• you want dependent associations to be soft-deleted along with their parent

When to avoid

• you are starting a new project - the README recommends discard instead
• you need active development or new features
• you dislike ActiveRecord delete/destroy being overridden

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

orm database web-development databases developer-tools ruby jvm soft-delete activerecord rails-gem acts-as-paranoid

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