Repo brief: activeadmin/inherited_resources

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Verdict

Healthy — Strong maintenance signals

• Last commit 1w ago
• 6 active contributors
• Distributed ownership (top contributor 43% of recent commits)
• MIT licensed
• 2 more receipts on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

What it is

Inherited Resources is a Rails gem that generates complete RESTful controller actions automatically by having controllers inherit from InheritedResources::Base. It eliminates boilerplate CRUD code (index, show, create, update, destroy) and integrates with the responders gem for smart content negotiation, letting developers focus on custom business logic instead of standard REST plumbing. Single gem structure: lib/inherited_resources/ contains the core—base.rb (main controller mixin), actions.rb (CRUD action definitions), dsl.rb (DSL for resource declarations), responder.rb (response handling), and helper modules for belongs_to/polymorphic/shallow routes.…

Start here

• lib/inherited_resources/base.rb: Entry point for the entire gem; the module mixed into user…
• lib/inherited_resources/actions.rb: Defines all seven REST actions (index, show, new, create,…
• lib/inherited_resources/dsl.rb: DSL methods (belongs_to, polymorphic_belongs_to, has_one, has_many,…
• lib/inherited_resources/responder.rb: Custom responder that handles content negotiation (JSON,…
• lib/generators/rails/inherited_resources_controller_generator.rb:…

Get running

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Clone and bundle-install: git clone https://github.com/activeadmin/inherited_resources.git && cd inherited_resources && bundle install. To test against a specific Rails version, use the gemfiles: `bundle install --gem…

Daily commands:

This is a library gem, not an app. To verify it works: bundle exec rake runs the test suite. To use in a Rails app, add gem 'inherited_resources' to the Gemfile and inherit controllers from InheritedResources::Base.…

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Key cautions & unknowns

• • Deprecated by design: the README discourages new projects from using this gem; prefer respond_with + responders gem. - Requires responders gem: responses will fail silently or with unclear errors if…
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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