Administrate
Better knownA Rails admin dashboard framework you own and override
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gem "administrate"Administrate vs Avo
Both replace Retool and Forest Admin. Administrate is the better-known of the two (5,800 stars), while Avo covers a narrower slice of the same job.
What Administrate does
Administrate generates admin controllers and views that you then edit like any other Rails code. The generated code is yours. A dashboard class per model describing fields and their types Index, show, new and edit screens Search and filtering Every view overridable, because they are generated into your app Administrate generates code into your repository; Madmin keeps more of itself inside the gem. Pick generated-and-editable, or configured-and-compact.
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Why you might pick it
- It has substantially more adoption — 5,800 stars against 2,400.
- Its licence is MIT, which may matter more than the feature list.
What Avo does
Avo builds an admin panel from resource definitions, and goes past CRUD with custom actions, filters and dashboard cards. Resource classes describing fields, filters and actions Custom actions that run Ruby against selected records Dashboards with metric and chart cards Authorization through Pundit policies Mounts at /avo by default. The community edition is MIT. Several features are in the paid tiers. Check before you plan around one.
Why you might pick it
- Members here rate it higher, at 5.0 against 0.0.
- Its licence is Community edition MIT; advanced features commercial, which may matter more than the feature list.
Side by side
Rows where the two differ are marked.
| Administrate | Avo | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Admin and internal tools | Admin and internal tools |
| Replaces | Forest Admin, Retool | Forest Admin, Retool |
| License (differs) | MIT | Community edition MIT; advanced features commercial |
| GitHub stars (differs) | 5800 | 2400 |
| Gem (differs) | administrate | avo |
| Mounts at (differs) | /admin | /avo |
| Member rating (differs) | — | 5.0 |
What each one gets off your invoice
Both replace
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Questions
- What is the difference between Administrate and Avo?
- Both replace Retool and Forest Admin. Administrate is the better-known of the two (5,800 stars), while Avo covers a narrower slice of the same job.
- Can I mount both Administrate and Avo in the same Rails app?
- Technically yes — engines mount at different paths — but they overlap, so running both usually means two sets of tables doing one job. Pick one.
- Do Administrate and Avo replace the same SaaS product?
- Both are listed as replacements for Retool and Forest Admin.