# List of Rails admin backends? What's your favorite?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-rails-admin-backends-whats-your-favorite/69576>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-rails-admin-backends-whats-your-favorite/69576 "2006-09-21T23:05:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-rails-admin-backends-whats-your-favorite/69576/1 "2006-09-21T23:05:11Z")

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As I tire of coding yet another admin backend, does anybody use a  
pre-made one? What’s your favorite? Here’s a list I’ve come up with:

Streamlined  
[http://streamlined.relevancellc.com/](http://streamlined.relevancellc.com/)

AJAX Scaffold  
[http://www.height1percent.com/](http://www.height1percent.com/)

auto\_admin  
[http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/auto\_admin](http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/auto_admin)

AutoDB  
[http://trac.visualjquery.com/admin\_console](http://trac.visualjquery.com/admin_console)

Any others? Or do you have a better DIY way?

Joe

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**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-rails-admin-backends-whats-your-favorite/69576/2 "2006-09-21T23:51:33Z")

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I would also be interested in an admin backend for Rails, as this kind  
of work is probably over half the coding for the kind of apps I do.

Streamlined seems to have the kind of features I’d need, but the  
releases continue to get delayed. I’ve also read some criticism of its  
code generation, saying that not enough is dynamic. Haven’t had a  
chance to use it yet but I know there is supposed to be a major release  
tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-rails-admin-backends-whats-your-favorite/69576/3 "2006-09-22T01:07:39Z")

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On 9/21/06, Joe R. MUDCRAP-CE [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
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> auto\_admin  
> [http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/auto\_admin](http://www.agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/auto_admin)
> 
> AutoDB  
> [http://trac.visualjquery.com/admin\_console](http://trac.visualjquery.com/admin_console)

I’m partial to the original one (the Scaffolding Extensions plugin  
[1]), but that’s probably because I wrote it and use it on all of my  
Rails projects. No Ajax, file uploads, or screencasts, though.

Jeremy

[1]  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Scaffolding+Extensions+Plugin](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Scaffolding+Extensions+Plugin)

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**Author:** ![joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@joe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joe)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/list-of-rails-admin-backends-whats-your-favorite/69576/4 "2006-09-21T23:53:36Z")

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Jeff Cabaniss wrote:

> Streamlined seems to have the kind of features I’d need, but the  
> releases continue to get delayed. I’ve also read some criticism of its  
> code generation, saying that not enough is dynamic. Haven’t had a  
> chance to use it yet but I know there is supposed to be a major release  
> tomorrow.

Yeah, I think its code/html is generated, which doesn’t sound appealing.

Joe