# dejan/rails_panel

Chrome extension for Rails development

Repository: https://github.com/dejan/rails_panel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rails_panel
Homepage: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/railspanel/gjpfobpafnhjhbajcjgccbbdofdckggg
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby-on-rails, chrome-extension
Last push: 2026-05-27T21:45:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 54, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5036, "days_push": 98, "days_rel": 98, "gap_med": 280.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3868, forks 188 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.719291+00:00)

## What it is
RailsPanel is a Chrome extension that shows Rails app request details (db/rendering/total times, parameters, rendered views) directly in Chrome Developer Tools, replacing the need to tail development.log. It requires the meta_request gem in the Rails app and works for localhost requests.

## Use cases
- inspect Rails request timings in the browser
- stop tailing development.log while developing Rails apps
- see rendered views and parameter lists per request
- debug Rails app performance on localhost
- view db, rendering, and total times in DevTools

## When to choose
- you develop Rails apps in Chrome and want request insights in DevTools
- you want a visual alternative to reading development.log

## When to avoid
- you need request inspection in browsers other than Chrome
- your app runs remotely rather than on localhost
- you don't use Ruby on Rails

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, developer-tools, logging
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, backend
- platform: browser-extension, browser
- tags: ruby-on-rails, chrome-extension, devtools, debugging, meta_request

## Member repositories
- dejan/rails_panel (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.719291+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 2026-08-29T18:25:49.890765+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dejan/rails_panel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.719291+00:00, sha 6da8c1fec7b7)
  - homepage: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/railspanel/gjpfobpafnhjhbajcjgccbbdofdckggg (fetched 2026-08-29T09:20:25.445061+00:00, sha aa9f049f5013)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.