# Activescaffold vs streamlined vs?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 12, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774 "2007-04-12T08:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linoj)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774/1 "2007-04-12T08:58:29Z")

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hi,

I’m exploring options for a new app we’re developing that requires  
display of a lot of sortable/searchable tables with content that  
differs based on who is logged in, their permissions, etc.

Some pages will have multiple tables. Data may have relationships. In-  
place editing is nice but not required.

(I’ll handle user authentication and permissions separately. What I’m  
evaluating now is the display and user control of the data tables).

I’ve installed and experimented with ActiveScaffold and Streamlined  
plugins. To my limited experience, they both seem similarly capable  
for this. Or are they? How would you compare the two? and/or recommend  
I consider another.

thanks

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**Author:** ![linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linoj)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774/2 "2007-04-12T19:09:47Z")

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On Apr 11, 11:57 pm, “linoj” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> evaluating now is the display and user control of the data tables).
> 
> I’ve installed and experimented with ActiveScaffold and Streamlined  
> plugins. To my limited experience, they both seem similarly capable  
> for this. Or are they? How would you compare the two? and/or recommend  
> I consider another.
> 
> thanks

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**Author:** ![linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linoj)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774/3 "2007-06-03T18:34:31Z")

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Anybody have an opinion on this? Which of the two: Activescaffold or  
Streamlined is preferable and why?

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**Author:** ![linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linoj)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774/4 "2007-06-04T16:10:49Z")

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We reviewed both for quite awhile. Of the two, streamlined is more  
advanced and customizable.  
In the end we went with a custom admin interface. While streamlined is  
pretty configurable, it is still limiting in some situations.  
In the time it takes to research and configure streamlined, you could  
probably roll your own…

~)o  
gustin

[http://www.entryway.net](http://www.entryway.net)

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**Author:** ![linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linoj)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774/5 "2007-06-05T22:51:14Z")

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Interesting. From what I could discern on the forums, ActiveScaffold  
is the more mature and preferred, although Streamlined is making  
headway. I also looked closely at the size of their communities and  
the message traffic. Both seem to be solid projects here to stay.  
Yitzhak

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**Author:** ![linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@linoj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/linoj)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activescaffold-vs-streamlined-vs/91774/6 "2007-04-12T19:51:51Z")

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Thanks for that link.  
I know that Streamlined (and ActiveScaffold) started out as “fancy”  
admin interfaces but I believe both have evolved to be used as front-  
facing user interfaces, especially when model views are in a tabular  
format. Would you agree?

Has anyone else here used either or both, who could share additional  
comments? thx