inherited_resources VS Administrate

Compare inherited_resources vs Administrate and see what are their differences.

Administrate

A Rails engine that helps you put together a super-flexible admin dashboard. (by thoughtbot)
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inherited_resources Administrate
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2,705 5,792
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8.1 8.9
8 days ago about 4 hours ago
Ruby JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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inherited_resources

Posts with mentions or reviews of inherited_resources. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-10.
  • Admin Framework for Rails
    10 projects | /r/rails | 10 Nov 2021
    Until recently, my default Admin was ActiveAdmin library. But I found it a bit challenging onboarding new engineers with Inherited Resources gem. Also, a lot is changed on the frontend side with webpack, and now esbuild. I would like to use TailwindCSS to simplify the development. IMHO, ActiveAdmin legacy makes it way more complicated for customization to a new project.
  • An Unofficial Active Admin Guide
    16 projects | dev.to | 29 Sep 2020
    All Active Admin controllers are inherited from InheritedResources::Base, which means that we can modify their behavior using library methods. For example, here is how the list of available controller actions is defined:
    16 projects | dev.to | 29 Sep 2020
    First of all, take a good look at the detailed README. In addition, pay attention to how the controllers are organized in Active Admin, notice the authorization logic, and other little things like additional helpers.

Administrate

Posts with mentions or reviews of Administrate. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-01.
  • The Admin Framework for Minimalist
    3 projects | dev.to | 1 Nov 2022
    thoughtbot/administrate is a well-known framework for administrative screen, but it's not developer friendly。I implement my own template files for Administrate, so when new Administrate version released, It is hard to update Administrate because template file is changed.**
  • Get help from thoughtbot for free (mentoring / office hours)
    4 projects | /r/ruby | 7 Jul 2022
    I work at thoughtbot, you might know us for our open source work like administrate, factory_bot or shoulda-matchers.
  • Show HN: Build Ruby on Rails apps 10x faster – Avo
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jun 2022
    This looks very similar to Administrate by thoughtbot https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate
  • From partials to ViewComponents: writing reusable front-end code in Rails
    11 projects | dev.to | 3 Jun 2022
    We briefly considered migrating to a full-grown Rails admin interface, such as ActiveAdmin, RailsAdmin, Administrate or Avo. We especially liked Avo which is built on a very modern stack similar to ours (Tailwind + Hotwire + ViewComponents). In the end, we didn’t go this route as we found some of the options a bit too restrictive (even though Avo is very flexible) and we did not feel like trying to amend it to our needs. For example, Avo renders forms in a 1-field-per-row layout while we wanted something more similar to the Tailwind UI Stacked form layout. Nevertheless, we found a great deal of inspiration in the Avo code and its design principles.
  • Rails administrate : big tutorial, bits of philosophy
    3 projects | dev.to | 28 Feb 2022
    We have already covered many use cases for customisation, everything else can be found in the official documentation.
    3 projects | dev.to | 28 Feb 2022
    You can also open in your browser, the official repository here, and the docs here, it will be helpful.
  • Admin Framework for Rails
    10 projects | /r/rails | 10 Nov 2021
    Administrate
  • 10 things I add to every Rails app
    9 projects | dev.to | 2 Oct 2021
    I usually tend to create these from Scratch, but moving forward I’ve started to use thoughtbot’s administrate gem. It sticks to the Rails conventions of controllers and routing, so it’s easy to customise and add new functionality to.
  • Rails Admin or Active Admin?
    4 projects | /r/rails | 28 Feb 2021
    Documentation https://administrate-demo.herokuapp.com/
    4 projects | /r/rails | 28 Feb 2021
    Repository https://github.com/thoughtbot/administrate

What are some alternatives?

When comparing inherited_resources and Administrate you can also consider the following projects:

ActiveAdmin - The administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.

RailsAdmin - RailsAdmin is a Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data

Trestle - A modern, responsive admin framework for Ruby on Rails

Avo - Build Ruby on Rails apps 10x faster

Upmin Admin - Framework for creating powerful admin backends with minimal effort in Ruby on Rails.

Godmin - Admin framework for Rails 5+

Wallaby - Autocomplete the resourceful actions and views for ORMs for admin interface and other purposes.

Forest Admin - 💎 Ruby on Rails agent for Forest Admin to integrate directly to your existing Ruby on Rails backend application.

ActiveScaffold - Save time and headaches, and create a more easily maintainable set of pages, with ActiveScaffold. ActiveScaffold handles all your CRUD (create, read, update, delete) user interface needs, leaving you more time to focus on more challenging (and interesting!) problems.

motor-admin-rails - Low-code Admin panel and Business intelligence Rails engine. No DSL - configurable from the UI. Rails Admin, Active Admin, Blazer modern alternative.

Iconly - Rails engine to manage your web icon fonts

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