ActiveModel::Serializers vs Roar

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ActiveModel::Serializers		Roar
	Project
9	Mentions	-
5,313	Stars	1,846
0.1%	Growth	0.1%
0.0	Activity	0.0
16 days ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Ruby	Language	Ruby
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

ActiveModel::Serializers

Posts with mentions or reviews of ActiveModel::Serializers. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.

Recommended Controllers Serializer Gem?
5 projects | /r/rubyonrails | 18 Jun 2023

Hey folks, I've been using FastJsonapi::ObjectSerializer in past projects, but it is now deprecated and it's successor is "in maintenance mode! ". The og serializer had no release since 2015.
Ruby on Rails Serialization: The Basics
1 project | dev.to | 8 Dec 2022

Further reading: Active Model Serializers Github
Active Model Serializers
1 project | dev.to | 10 Oct 2022

In order to use our serializers, first we must install the gem into our gem file. we can do that by first grabbing our "Active Model Serializers" gem file from "https://rubygems.org/gems/active_model_serializers/versions/0.10.13". We will copy the gem from this website and paste it into our gem file in our application like so
ActiveModel::Serializer and You
3 projects | dev.to | 23 Sep 2022

Today I thought I'd run through a few of the powerful things that the ActiveModel::Serializer gem brings to the table when used in a Ruby on Rails application. Sure, there are faster alternatives, but AMS is the first one I learned how to use, and thus it holds a special place in my heart. Quick question before we dive too much deeper, though...
What are you using for API JSON serialization in 2022?
5 projects | /r/ruby | 20 Aug 2022

AMS
What is the best way to retrieve all instances of a model, along with it's associations, in an index action when using React (or not Rails Views)?
2 projects | /r/rails | 5 Apr 2022
Must/Should/Can - a Personal Organization System
8 projects | dev.to | 20 Feb 2022

ActiveModelSerializers to build JSON views
What is the best way to pass another model instance back from a separate controller?
1 project | /r/rails | 24 Jan 2022

Might be overkill for your situation but I generally use https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers for my projects. Otherwise just build the hash you are sending back to the frontend with standard code.
REST API - Modern Rails JSON Serializers - Which Ones To Use?
2 projects | dev.to | 28 Feb 2021

On the other hand, we have Active Model Serializers. This gem is also deprecated but has another stable version 0.10. I also found Blueprinter gem. I've never used it before and don't know its limitations.

Roar

Posts with mentions or reviews of Roar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ActiveModel::Serializers and Roar you can also consider the following projects:

jbuilder - Jbuilder: generate JSON objects with a Builder-style DSL

Fast JSON API - No Longer Maintained - A lightning fast JSON:API serializer for Ruby Objects.

Blueprinter - Simple, Fast, and Declarative Serialization Library for Ruby

graphql - Ruby implementation of GraphQL

rabl - General ruby templating with json, bson, xml, plist and msgpack support

JSONAPI::Resources - A resource-focused Rails library for developing JSON:API compliant servers.

Her - Her is an ORM (Object Relational Mapper) that maps REST resources to Ruby objects. It is designed to build applications that are powered by a RESTful API instead of a database.

Jb - A simple and fast JSON API template engine for Ruby on Rails