Ruby Frameworks

Open-source Ruby projects categorized as Frameworks

Top 23 Ruby Framework Projects

  1. Capybara

    Acceptance test framework for web applications

  2. Kargo

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  3. shoulda-matchers

    Simple one-liner tests for common Rails functionality

  4. minitest

    minitest provides a complete suite of testing facilities supporting TDD, BDD, and benchmarking.

  5. Spork

    A DRb server for testing frameworks (RSpec / Cucumber currently) that forks before each run to ensure a clean testing state.

  6. Phony

    E164 international phone number normalizing, splitting, formatting.

  7. Konacha

    Test your Rails application's JavaScript with the mocha test framework and chai assertion library

  8. Aruba

    Test command-line applications with Cucumber-Ruby, RSpec or Minitest.

  9. AppSignal

    Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

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  10. Fuubar

    The instafailing RSpec progress bar formatter

  11. Spinach

    Spinach is a BDD framework on top of Gherkin.

  12. Bacon

    a small RSpec clone (by leahneukirchen)

  13. dry-system

    Application framework with state management and built-in dependency injection support

  14. RR

    RR is a test double framework that features a rich selection of double techniques and a terse syntax. ⛺ (by rr)

  15. Test::Unit

    test-unit

  16. PpSql

    Rails ActiveRecord SQL queries log beautifier

  17. Howitzer

    A Ruby-based framework for acceptance testing

  18. Pundit Matchers

    A set of RSpec matchers for testing Pundit authorisation policies.

  19. Emoji-RSpec

    Custom Emoji Formatters for RSpec

  20. Cutest

    Isolated tests in Ruby.

  21. Drawers

    Group related classes together. No more silos. A solution to rails dystopia.

  22. rspec

    The RSpec monorepo

  23. Plutonium

    Build production-ready Rails apps in minutes, not days. Convention-driven, fully customizable, AI-ready.

  24. Loco-Rails

    Rails is awesome, but modern web needs Loco-motive.

  25. raindeer

    An event-driven and compositional web framework that's easy to use 🦌

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Framework projects in Ruby? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Capybara 10,173
2 shoulda-matchers 3,581
3 minitest 3,412
4 Spork 1,385
5 Phony 1,094
6 Konacha 1,039
7 Aruba 966
8 Fuubar 963
9 Spinach 577
10 Bacon 424
11 dry-system 371
12 RR 327
13 Test::Unit 274
14 PpSql 274
15 Howitzer 259
16 Pundit Matchers 248
17 Emoji-RSpec 172
18 Cutest 152
19 Drawers 147
20 rspec 115
21 Plutonium 73
22 Loco-Rails 57
23 raindeer 29

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