LetterOpener
Preview mail in the browser instead of sending. (by ryanb)
Devise
Flexible authentication solution for Rails with Warden. (by heartcombo)
LetterOpener | Devise | |
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3 | 93 | |
3,664 | 23,719 | |
- | 0.2% | |
6.1 | 7.1 | |
about 1 month ago | 20 days ago | |
Ruby | Ruby | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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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.
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.
LetterOpener
Posts with mentions or reviews of LetterOpener.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-25.
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Unleash Devise-Enabling All Modules
If you input a valid email of the users you created in the system and submit the form. A POST request to http://localhost:3000/users/password will be made. Then a reset password mail as described in the previous section will be sent out. You can find that mail in the terminal running rails server. If you have a gem like letter_opener, you can see that mail shown in your browser.
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Using Action Mailer to Send Emails from a Rails App
Another great option is to use the letter opener gem. This is a great tool to use in development, because instead of the app actually sending the email, instead it opens a new tab on your browser with the email view. This is really helpful to see what is going on with the email as it happens. If you are using the letter opener gem, you would need to install it:
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Rails5 - sending and receiving emails
I recommend https://github.com/ryanb/letter_opener for local development.
Devise
Posts with mentions or reviews of Devise.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.
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Ruby on Rails: Native route constraint for authentication
Since Rails 7, there's more and more tooling that enables us, developers, to roll our own authentication. Devise is great and has been an amazing companion over the years. It also has this neat little feature - an authenticated route constraint which "hides" certain routes from people that are not signed in.
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Heroku Build Failure: error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
[changelog] https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md [upgrade guide] https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/wiki/How-To:-Upgrade-to-Devise-4.9.0-%5BHotwire-Turbo-integration%5D
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Using Action Policy for a Ruby on Rails App: The Basics
As much as this article is about user authorization, there's something important we need to cover: user authentication. Without it, any authorization policies we try to define later on will be useless. But there is no need to write authentication from scratch. Let's use Devise.
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12 Ruby Gems to make your Ruby coding smoother
With around 50 new gems released daily, it is common to use trending libraries for managing everyday tasks. You probably use Devise for authentication, Cancan for authorization, Kaminari for pagination, or run tests with Rspec.
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An Introduction to Devise for Ruby on Rails
Devise is an authentication library built on top of Warden, a Rack-based authentication framework.
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Metaprogramming in Ruby: Advanced Level
devise: An authentication library designed for Rails
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On what side project you guys are working on?
I used Devise, this is a Ruby on Rails app
- Unleash Devise-Enabling All Modules
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Authentication using Devise in Rails 7
In this article, we will explore how to implement authentication in a Rails 7 application using the popular devise gem. Authentication is a crucial aspect of web development, allowing users to securely access and interact with your application. By following this step-by-step guide, you will learn how to set up devise, configure authentication routes, create user models, and enhance your application with authentication features.
- Not understanding how to sign in with google with ruby on rails
What are some alternatives?
When comparing LetterOpener and Devise you can also consider the following projects:
MailCatcher - Catches mail and serves it through a dream.
Sorcery - Magical Authentication
premailer-rails - CSS styled emails without the hassle.
Rodauth - Ruby's Most Advanced Authentication Framework
Ahoy Email - First-party email analytics for Rails
Authlogic - A simple ruby authentication solution.
Mail - A Really Ruby Mail Library
Clearance - Rails authentication with email & password.
Maily - 📫 Rails Engine to preview emails in the browser
Knock - Seamless JWT authentication for Rails API
Mailman
Doorkeeper - Doorkeeper is an OAuth 2 provider for Ruby on Rails / Grape.