ActsAsList vs FindWithOrder

ActsAsList

An ActiveRecord plugin for managing lists. (by brendon)

brendon.github.io

FindWithOrder

Provides a simple way to find records in the same order of input array. Has better performance than manually sorting. (Support both PostgreSQL and MySQL) (by khiav223577)

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ActsAsList		FindWithOrder
	Project
4	Mentions	-
2,013	Stars	38
-	Growth	-
4.6	Activity	0.0
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Ruby	Language	Ruby
MIT License	License	MIT License

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ActsAsList

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

Adding position columns based on category
1 project | /r/rails | 2 Dec 2022

You can use acts_as_list gem.
Best way to represent a "sequence" column in a relational database.
1 project | /r/rails | 22 Nov 2022

You can take a look at one of the longest running ruby gems, that is still part of many people's default toolbox: acts_as_list. If you don't want to use the gem, you can take a look at how they implemented the resorting.
Using acts_as_list for easy ordering of items
1 project | dev.to | 3 Jan 2022

Sources: Github
Awesome Ruby and Rails Open Source applications
1 project | /r/rails | 7 Feb 2021

I saw your sort request in the TODO. Check out the acts_as_list gem. It makes sorting lists incredibly easy.

FindWithOrder

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

We haven't tracked posts mentioning FindWithOrder yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ActsAsList and FindWithOrder you can also consider the following projects:

ranked-model - An acts_as_sortable/acts_as_list replacement built for Rails 4+

dry-validation - Validation library with type-safe schemas and rules

rails_or - Cleaner syntax for writing OR Query in Rails 5, 6. And also add #or support to Rails 3 and 4.

Priora - An Object Prioritization Utility for Ruby

Awesome Nested Set - An awesome replacement for acts_as_nested_set and better_nested_set.

DbTextSearch - A unified interface on top of ActiveRecord for case-insensitive string-in-set and prefix querying, and full-text search on SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

ActsAsTaggableOn - A tagging plugin for Rails applications that allows for custom tagging along dynamic contexts.

Filtered - Filters ActiveRecord queries in a nice way

Apartment - Database multi-tenancy for Rack (and Rails) applications

ActiveRecordExtended - Adds additional postgres functionality to an ActiveRecord / Rails application

Merit - Reputation engine for Rails apps