Sorcery/sorcery

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1464 stars · 229 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Sorcery is a stripped-down authentication library for Ruby on Rails supporting ActiveRecord, Mongoid, and other ORMs. It provides core auth primitives like login/logout, email activation, and password reset while letting developers build their own authentication flows.

Use cases

• add password login to a rails app
• implement user authentication without devise
• reset passwords via email in rails
• add oauth login to a ruby web app
• remember me sessions in rails
• email activation for new users
• custom authentication flow in rails

When to choose

• you want full control over your authentication flow and MVC structure
• you find Devise too heavy or magic-heavy
• you need a small API surface that is easy to understand and hack
• you use ActiveRecord, Mongoid, or DataMapper in Rails

When to avoid

• you want a batteries-included, generated-code auth solution out of the box
• you are not using Rails or a supported ORM
• you need turnkey features like built-in 2FA or admin dashboards

Facets

library · maturity active

auth authorization security web-development backend security developer-tools ruby rails gem oauth password-authentication session-management minimalist web-server

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