mbleigh/seed-fu
Advanced seed data handling for Rails, combining the best practices of several methods together. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6728
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1485
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1233 stars · 155 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Seed Fu is a Ruby gem that provides robust seed data handling for Rails applications using Active Record. It allows declarative, idempotent insertion and updating of seed records via fixture files and rake tasks.
Use cases
- seed a rails database with initial records
- keep seed data updated across environments
- insert default users and reference data idempotently
- manage per-environment seed fixtures
- load seed data without a full rails app
When to choose
- you use Rails or Active Record and need repeatable, updatable seed data
- you want seeds that can be re-run safely without duplicating records
- you need environment-specific seed fixtures
When to avoid
- you are not using Active Record or Ruby
- you need a modern, actively developed seeding solution for the latest Rails versions
- you prefer plain Rails built-in db/seeds.rb for simple cases
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
database orm databases web-development developer-tools ruby jvm rails seed-data active-record database-seeding fixtures
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mbleigh/seed-fu · fetched 2026-08-28 · 063a50af203b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mbleigh/seed-fu | main | 23 |
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