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Smashing/smashing

The exceptionally handsome dashboard framework in Ruby and Coffeescript. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Smashing/smashing · homepage · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3758
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1272
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3300 stars · 310 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Smashing is a Sinatra-based Ruby framework for building attractive, widget-based dashboards, serving as the maintained successor to Shopify's Dashing. Widgets are built with SCSS, HTML, and CoffeeScript, with data pushed via an API and dashboards designed to look great on TVs.

Use cases

  • build a metrics dashboard for a TV in the office
  • display service status and monitoring KPIs on a wallboard
  • create custom dashboards with widgets in HTML and CoffeeScript
  • push data from scripts or databases to a live dashboard
  • host a team dashboard on Heroku
  • replace the unmaintained Dashing project

When to choose

  • you want a Ruby-based dashboard framework with premade and custom widgets
  • you need a self-hosted wallboard display for metrics or status pages
  • you are migrating from Shopify's Dashing

When to avoid

  • you need a modern JavaScript/React dashboard stack
  • you require heavy customization beyond widget-based layouts
  • you need a project with frequent releases and active development

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

web-framework data-visualization monitoring http-server templating web-development data-visualization monitoring developer-tools ruby self-hosted cross-platform dashboard-framework sinatra coffeescript widgets dashing-successor kpi-dashboards web-server

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