heartcombo/simple_form

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

8229 stars · 1295 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Simple Form is a Ruby gem that provides a flexible DSL for building forms in Rails applications without imposing markup opinions. It wraps Rails form helpers with powerful components, customizable wrappers, and integrations for Bootstrap and Foundation.

Use cases

• build forms in rails with less boilerplate
• generate form markup matching bootstrap styling
• create custom form inputs for active record models
• customize form wrapper html around inputs
• handle collections and associations in rails forms
• build forms for non-active-record objects

When to choose

• you're on rails and want a mature, battle-tested form builder
• you need flexible markup control with a concise DSL
• you want easy bootstrap or foundation form integration

When to avoid

• you're not using ruby on rails
• you prefer building forms with frontend frameworks like react or vue
• you want fully automatic styling with zero configuration

Facets

library · maturity stable

form-handling templating ui-components web-development frontend backend ruby rails form-builder dsl bootstrap active-record web-server

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