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24 alternatives to Active admin

Admin Framework for Ruby on Rails

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Active admin launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Upmin – An Admin Framework for Ruby on Rails▲140
2014 · upmin.com · its alternatives →
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Administrate – Rails framework for creating flexible admin dashboards▲124
A Rails engine that helps you put together a super-flexible admin dashboard.
2015 · robots.thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
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Forest Admin for Rails▲165
Fully-featured admin panel for Ruby on Rails apps
2021 · forest.app · its alternatives →
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Motor Admin Low-Code Rails Engine▲71
Build Ruby on Rails admin panel remarkably fast
2022 · getmotoradmin.com · its alternatives →
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AdminJS, the Backend-Agnostic Administration Framework▲119
2013 · adminjs.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails - 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert▲73
Sam Lambert from GitHub shares how he chooses systems
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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SimpleAdmin▲11
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Startup
2018 · getsimpleadmin.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails 5.0▲6
The next generation of the Ruby web framework
2016 · its alternatives →
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Artoo▲61
Framework for physical devices written in Ruby
2015 · its alternatives →
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AdonisJS▲238
A fully featured web framework for Node.js
2021 · adonisjs.com · its alternatives →
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Forest Admin▲386
Your back office, redefined.
2016 · its alternatives →
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AdminJS▲81
Open source admin panel for your Node.js application
2022 · adminjs.co · its alternatives →
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Forest Admin for Laravel▲89
Save time on developing internal tools for your Laravel app
2022 · forest.app · its alternatives →
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Rails UI▲208
AI writes your Rails code. Rails UI makes it look like a real product. Complete, coherent product flows for Rails SaaS: auth, dashboards, billing, and email, designed as one system.
Jan 2026 · railsui.com · its alternatives →
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Administrate by thoughtbot▲5
Create beautiful admin dashboards in Rails apps.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Forest Admin for Node.js▲135
Secure, easy, and scalable admin panel generator for Node.js
2022 · forest.app · its alternatives →
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Prelang▲82
Automatic Rails Development
2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →
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React Admin▲80
Open-source,low-code solution that reduces development costs
2022 · marmelab.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails - The User Interface is the Exception State▲57
Enterprise vs consumer applications & treating human UI as …
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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Gallery of Open Source Ruby on Rails Apps▲158
Mobile and browser games bring together more than 380 million people around the world. The company’s portfolio includes over 20 games, from hardcore collectible RPGs to casual puzzle games. Our games are available on all major social networks, in the browser version, as well as on iOS, Android
2013 · opensourcerails.com · its alternatives →
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Encord Active▲125
Search engine for your visual data
2023 · encord.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98
Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails Podcast - 201: API-first, planning-second▲91
Building REST API's with Rails
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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The Informant▲70
Real-time usability monitoring for Rails apps
2014 · informantapp.com · its alternatives →

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