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Top 23 Ruby Authentication Projects
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ActiveRubyist is now a Progressive Web App (PWA) with Hotwire-based interactivity. For authentication, I use devise, and for real-time notifications, noticed. Where possible, I lean into default Rails features: for background jobs, I use Solid Queue instead of Sidekiq, keeping everything aligned with the Rails way.
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Devise Token Auth
Token based authentication for Rails JSON APIs. Designed to work with jToker and ng-token-auth.
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Some simpler alternatives to consider:
Rails 8 comes with a basic auth generator: https://www.bigbinary.com/blog/rails-8-introduces-a-basic-au...
There's also https://github.com/lazaronixon/authentication-zero that goes beyond that.
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simple_token_authentication
Simple (and safe*) token authentication for Rails apps or API with Devise.
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webauthn-ruby
WebAuthn ruby server library ― Make your Ruby/Rails web server become a conformant WebAuthn Relying Party
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rails-authentication-from-scratch
A step-by-step guide on how to build your own authentication system in Rails from scratch.
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rails_mvp_authentication
An authentication generator for Rails 7. Generate all the files needed to create a feature rich authentication system that you control. No configuration needed.
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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 Authentication projects in Ruby? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Devise | 24,305 |
| 2 | OmniAuth | 8,039 |
| 3 | Doorkeeper | 5,450 |
| 4 | Devise Token Auth | 3,574 |
| 5 | authentication-zero | 1,847 |
| 6 | simple_token_authentication | 1,511 |
| 7 | Sorcery | 1,455 |
| 8 | passwordless | 1,325 |
| 9 | devise-jwt | 1,290 |
| 10 | webauthn-ruby | 741 |
| 11 | omniauth-oauth2 | 507 |
| 12 | omniauth-github | 459 |
| 13 | revise_auth | 423 |
| 14 | omniauth-identity | 364 |
| 15 | api_guard | 278 |
| 16 | rails-authentication-from-scratch | 227 |
| 17 | graphql_devise | 201 |
| 18 | barong | 141 |
| 19 | rails_mvp_authentication | 79 |
| 20 | ethereum-on-rails | 78 |
| 21 | omniauth-twitter2 | 44 |
| 22 | decent_authentication | 21 |
| 23 | active_entry | 14 |
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