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activeadmin/activeadmin

The administration framework for Ruby on Rails applications.
Source code at GitHub https://activeadmin.info
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Active Admin

Section titled “Active Admin”

Active Admin is a Ruby on Rails framework for creating elegant backends for website administration.

[![Version][rubygems_badge]][rubygems] [![Github Actions][actions_badge]][actions] [![Coverage][coverage_badge]][coverage] [![Tidelift][tidelift_badge]][tidelift]

Goals

Section titled “Goals”
  • Enable developers to quickly create good-looking administration interfaces.
  • Build a DSL for developers and an interface for businesses.
  • Ensure that developers can easily customize every nook and cranny.

Getting started

Section titled “Getting started”
  • Review [the documentation][docs].
  • For help, questions, etc. discuss ActiveAdmin on GitHub or use [StackOverflow][stackoverflow]
  • The [wiki] includes links to tutorials, articles and sample projects.

For enterprise

Section titled “For enterprise”

Active Admin for enterprise is available via the Tidelift subscription. [Learn More][tidelift_enterprise].

Want to contribute?

Section titled “Want to contribute?”

If you want to contribute through code or documentation, the [Contributing guide is the best place to start][contributing]. If you have questions, feel free to ask.

Want to support us?

Section titled “Want to support us?”

If you want to support us financially, you can [help fund the project through a Tidelift subscription][tidelift_support]. By buying a Tidelift subscription you make sure your whole dependency stack is properly maintained, while also getting a comprehensive view of outdated dependencies, new releases, security alerts, and licensing compatibility issues.

You can also support us with a weekly tip via [Liberapay].

Finally, we have an [Open Collective][opencollective page] where you can become a backer or sponsor for the project, and also submit expenses to it.

Dependencies

Section titled “Dependencies”

We try not to reinvent the wheel, so Active Admin is built with other open source projects:

Security contact information

Section titled “Security contact information”

Please use the Tidelift security contact to [report a security vulnerability][Tidelift security contact]. Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.

Acknowledgements

Section titled “Acknowledgements”

Thanks to [Greg Bell][Greg] for creating and sharing this project with the open source community.

Thanks to [all the people that ever contributed through code][contributors] or other means such as bug reports, issue triaging, feature suggestions, code snippet tips, Slack discussions and so on.

Thanks to [Tidelift][tidelift] and all our Tidelift subscribers.

Thanks to [Open Collective][opencollective contributors] and all our Open Collective contributors.

[Arbre] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/arbre [Devise] !: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise [Formtastic] !: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic [Inherited Resources] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/inherited_resources [Kaminari] !: https://github.com/kaminari/kaminari [Ransack] !: https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack

[rubygems_badge] !: https://img.shields.io/gem/v/activeadmin.svg [rubygems] !: https://rubygems.org/gems/activeadmin [actions_badge] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/workflows/ci/badge.svg [actions] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/actions [coverage_badge] !: https://codecov.io/gh/activeadmin/activeadmin/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?token=NAjeBdkQXW [coverage] !: https://codecov.io/gh/activeadmin/activeadmin [tidelift_badge] !: https://tidelift.com/badges/github/activeadmin/activeadmin [tidelift] !: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/rubygems-activeadmin?utm_source=rubygems-activeadmin&utm_medium=readme [tidelift_enterprise] !: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/rubygems-activeadmin?utm_source=rubygems-activeadmin&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=enterprise [tidelift_support] !: https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/rubygems-activeadmin?utm_source=rubygems-activeadmin&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github&utm_content=support

[docs] !: https://activeadmin.info/ [wiki] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/wiki [stackoverflow] !: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/activeadmin [contributing] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md [Liberapay] !: https://liberapay.com/Active-Admin/donate [Tidelift security contact] !: https://tidelift.com/security [Greg] !: https://github.com/gregbell [contributors] !: https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/graphs/contributors [opencollective page] !: https://opencollective.com/activeadmin [opencollective contributors] !: https://opencollective.com/activeadmin#contributors