rails-api/rails-api
Rails for API only applications observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5282
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1949
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5129 stars · 271 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Rails::API is a slimmed-down subset of Rails tailored for building API-only applications that serve JSON without the full middleware stack or view layer. It has been merged into Rails core as the --api mode, so this gem is now largely historical.
Use cases
- build a json api backend with rails
- serve json to a single-page app
- create an api-only rails application
- strip rails middleware for faster api responses
- backend for mobile app consuming json
When to choose
- you are on an old Rails 4.x codebase that predates the built-in --api mode
- you want a lightweight Rails stack for JSON-only endpoints
When to avoid
- you use Rails 5 or newer, which includes API mode natively
- you need server-rendered HTML views
- you expect active maintenance or new releases
Facets
framework · maturity maintenance
web-framework api-framework middleware routing web-development backend apis ruby rails json-api api-only ruby-on-rails gem web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rails-api/rails-api · fetched 2026-08-28 · d0d26caee732
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rails-api/rails-api | main | 32 |
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