rails

Ruby on Rails Joined Apr 2008 View on GitHub

Stars: 123,496; across 120 public repos
Rank: #156; of 94,827 organizations, top 0.2%; Down 4 places this week

Repositories with 50+ stars

rails's repositories with their overall rank
Rank	Repository	Language	Stars
407	rails Ruby on Rails	Ruby	59,094
12,132	webpacker Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails	Ruby	5,270
12,160	thor Thor is a toolkit for building powerful command-line interfaces.	Ruby	5,263
14,860	jbuilder Jbuilder: generate JSON objects with a Builder-style DSL	Ruby	4,420
24,117	spring Rails application preloader	Ruby	2,813
24,750	bootsnap Boot large Ruby/Rails apps faster	Ruby	2,743
26,176	jquery-ujs Ruby on Rails unobtrusive scripting adapter for jQuery	JavaScript	2,601
27,089	solid_queue Database-backed Active Job backend	Ruby	2,508
33,276	rails-dev-box A virtual machine for Ruby on Rails core development	Shell	2,045
43,152	tailwindcss-rails	Ruby	1,587
48,584	activeresource Connects business objects and REST web services	Ruby	1,410
48,947	kredis Higher-level data structures built on Redis	Ruby	1,399
52,297	docked Running Rails from Docker for easy start to development	Dockerfile	1,305
53,257	globalid Identify app models with a URI	Ruby	1,279
53,999	strong_parameters Taint and required checking for Action Pack and enforcement in Active Model	Ruby	1,260
57,983	importmap-rails Use ESM with importmap to manage modern JavaScript in Rails without transpiling or bundling.	Ruby	1,165
62,100	actioncable Framework for real-time communication over websockets		1,078
62,493	mission_control-jobs Dashboard and Active Job extensions to operate and troubleshoot background jobs	Ruby	1,070
63,865	propshaft Deliver assets for Rails	Ruby	1,045
64,162	solid_cache A database-backed ActiveSupport: :Store	Ruby	1,040
67,126	sprockets Rack-based asset packaging system	Ruby	985
69,929	jquery-rails A gem to automate using jQuery with Rails	Ruby	943
71,308	jsbundling-rails Bundle and transpile JavaScript in Rails with esbuild, rollup.js, bun, or Webpack.	Ruby	923
76,199	sass-rails Ruby on Rails stylesheet engine for Sass	Ruby	860
78,550	exception_notification NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/smartinez87/exception_notification	Ruby	832
79,232	sdoc Standalone sdoc generator	JavaScript	825
81,786	rails-perftest Benchmark and profile your Rails apps	Ruby	798
87,538	activejob Declare job classes that can be run by a variety of queueing backends	Ruby	742
89,247	activestorage Store files in Rails applications		727
96,825	actioncable-examples Action Cable Examples	Ruby	664
97,342	pjax_rails PJAX integration for Rails	Ruby	660
99,592	cssbundling-rails Bundle and process CSS in Rails with Tailwind, PostCSS, and Sass via Node.js.	Ruby	644
100,957	cache_digests	Ruby	635
105,975	activerecord-session_store Active Record's Session Store extracted from Rails	Ruby	602
107,395	sprockets-rails Sprockets Rails integration	Ruby	593
109,475	execjs Run JavaScript code from Ruby	Ruby	581
112,329	rubocop-rails-omakase Omakase Ruby styling for Rails	Ruby	565
121,167	rails-observers Rails observer (removed from core in Rails 4.0)	Ruby	520
127,839	action_push_native Rails push notifications for mobile platforms	Ruby	489
133,436	marcel Find the mime type of files, examining file, filename and declared type	Ruby	466
140,586	request.js	JavaScript	439
150,116	actiontext Edit and display rich text in Rails applications		408
157,903	acts_as_list NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/swanandp/acts_as_list	Ruby	385
169,326	actionpack-page_caching Static page caching for Action Pack (removed from core in Rails 4.0)	Ruby	356
172,679	solid_cable A database backed ActionCable adapter	Ruby	348
174,930	rails-html-sanitizer	Ruby	343
176,230	commands Run Rake/Rails commands through the console	Ruby	340
179,985	rails-controller-testing Brings back `assigns` and `assert_template` to your Rails tests	Ruby	332
184,790	rails-new Create Rails projects without Ruby installed	Rust	322
188,389	ssl_requirement NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/retr0h/ssl_requirement	Ruby	315
205,247	acts_as_tree NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/amerine/acts_as_tree	Ruby	285
206,493	open_id_authentication NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/Velir/open_id_authentication	Ruby	283
217,843	actionpack-action_caching Action caching for Action Pack (removed from core in Rails 4.0)	Ruby	266
227,154	dartsass-rails Integrate Dart Sass with the asset pipeline in Rails	Ruby	253
245,047	protected_attributes Protect attributes from mass-assignment in ActiveRecord models.	Ruby	231
246,856	in_place_editing NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/amerine/in_place_editing	Ruby	229
256,098	journey A router for rails	Ruby	219
264,065	auto_complete NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/david-kerins/auto_complete	Ruby	211
280,682	rails-dom-testing Extracting DomAssertions and SelectorAssertions from ActionView.	Ruby	196
284,312	dynamic_form NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/joelmoss/dynamic_form	Ruby	193
305,381	country_select NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/stefanpenner/country_select	Ruby	177
339,268	requestjs-rails	JavaScript	156
342,860	routing_concerns Abstract common routing resource concerns to cut down on duplication.	Ruby	154
360,099	esbuild-rails Bundle and transpile JavaScript in Rails with esbuild	Ruby	145
372,822	rails-contributors The web application that runs https://contributors.rubyonrails.org	Ruby	139
400,911	actionmailbox Receive and process incoming emails in Rails		127
422,181	ai-evals Evals and benchmarks for AI models	Ruby	119
455,871	devcontainer	Ruby	108
488,403	website	HTML	99
499,817	lemans A Ruby harness for running agent benchmarks	Ruby	96
516,721	activemodel-globalid Serializing models to a single string makes it easy to pass references around	Ruby	92
613,508	account_location NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/bbommarito/account_location	Ruby	74
626,825	iso-3166-country-select WARNING: this repo is not maintained anymore, if you want to maintain it, please send an mail to rails-core	Ruby	72
633,655	acts_as_nested_set NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/bbommarito/acts_as_nested_set	Ruby	71
633,655	activerecord-deprecated_finders	Ruby	71
648,250	activemodel-serializers-xml	Ruby	69
671,363	spring-watcher-listen	Ruby	66
696,124	prototype-ujs	JavaScript	63
696,124	weblog Superseded by https://github.com/rails/website	HTML	63
713,793	prototype_legacy_helper WARNING: this repo is not maintained anymore, if you want to maintain it, please send an mail to rails-core	Ruby	61
732,722	verification NOTICE: official repository moved to https://github.com/sikachu/verification	Ruby	59
785,742	prototype-rails Add RJS, Prototype, and Scriptaculous helpers to Rails 3.1+ apps	Ruby	54
809,321	homepage Superseded by https://github.com/rails/website	HTML	52
821,538	record_tag_helper ActionView Record Tag Helpers	Ruby	51
834,145	actionpack-xml_parser XML parameters parser for Action Pack (removed from core in Rails 4.0)	Ruby	50

Among 94,827 organizations

100k–160k stars: 104 organizations, including rails

top 50%top 10%top 1%top 0.1%

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Where the stars are

Languages

Ruby 112.4k stars, 91% · 70 repos
JavaScript 4.1k stars, 3% · 5 repos
Shell 2k stars, 2% · 1 repo
Dockerfile 1.3k stars, 1% · 1 repo
Rust 322 stars, <1% · 1 repo
HTML 214 stars, <1% · 3 repos

When they were made

85 repos with 50+ stars, made between 2008 and 2026

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Quick stats

Next rank: +386 stars to reach #155
Next milestone: +67,273 stars to reach the top 0.1%
Public repos: 120, 85 with 50+ stars
Popular repos: 20 over 1k stars, 1 over 10k stars
Top repo: rails, #407 of all repos, 48% of stars
Smaller repos: 805 stars from repos under 50