thoughtbot/administrate

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A Rails engine that helps you put together a super-flexible admin dashboard.

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Forks: 1.1k
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 97

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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97 open issues indexed

Add support for Mosscap (Rails-fork previously known as Amiko) Open

dependencies

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thoughtbot/administrate#3061 · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Divergence between Ruby and Node dependencies Open

dependencies

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thoughtbot/administrate#3060 · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Dependabot grouping Open

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thoughtbot/administrate#3020 · Opened Mar 25, 2026
dart-sass import is deprecated Open

javascript views-and-styles

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2979 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 2, 2026
Deleting resource (from index collection table) redirects to resource page Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2978 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 30, 2026
Replace Selectize with a web component Open

dashboards dependencies feature fields javascript views-and-styles

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thoughtbot/administrate#2958 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 18, 2025
Split i18n templates Open

documentation i18n

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2955 · 10 comments · Opened Dec 5, 2025
Pull in administrate-field-nested_has_many Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2952 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 4, 2025
Experimenting with discussions Open

documentation

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2932 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 20, 2025
How do you add a custom Stimulus controller in Administrate v1.0? Open

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thoughtbot/administrate#2924 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 10, 2025
Pull in administrate-field_active_storage Open

fields

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2899 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 7, 2025
Split Templates for Improved Customizability Open

views-and-styles

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thoughtbot/administrate#2823 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 26, 2025
ApplicationController refactoring Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2814 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 21, 2025
Collection link for STI model Open

fields models

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2813 · 10 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 20, 2025
Display Non-Editable Fields on the Form for Better Context Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2793 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 5, 2025
Translating enum values (SelectField) and booleans Open

i18n

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2768 · Opened Feb 2, 2025
Support exact match search queries in dashboards Open

search

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2745 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Support custom actions as a first-class entity Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2743 · 7 reactions · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Allow I18n hint_key to be customized to include custom variable and allow i18n in html format when specified. Open

i18n

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2741 · Opened Jan 3, 2025
Dark mode Open

feature views-and-styles

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thoughtbot/administrate#2732 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 29, 2024
Creating a new resource with params Open

fields models

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2723 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 11, 2024
Cannot show value of field "state" ? Open

fields models

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2704 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 8, 2024
Conditional / User-specific dashboard navigation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2640 · Opened Aug 11, 2024
Potential peformance improvements with Field::BelongsTo Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2600 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 31, 2024
One model, two dashboards Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2595 · 8 comments · Opened May 24, 2024
Field Select - Default selected option not working Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2594 · 1 comment · Opened May 23, 2024
Field::HasMany loading too many records in Edit view Open

fields

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2593 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 22, 2024
generator `administrate:install` fails if ActionCable is disabled Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2548 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 13, 2024
Handling of scoped dynamic routes Open

bug namespacing

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2521 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2024
Doubtful usage of `<fieldset>` in dashboard show page Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2503 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 31, 2024
Selectize fields with drag&drop functionality Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2499 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 29, 2024
Enum field: undefined method `roles' for User:Class Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2458 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2023
Search truncates text fields silently Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2436 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2023
Automated Basic Tests Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2414 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 8, 2023
I changed the name of my controller and it broke administrate Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2413 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 7, 2023
Exception: ActionView::Template::Error: uninitialized constant for multi-word model dashboard with irregular inflection Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2409 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 3, 2023
Pundit error: not allowed to index? this Class Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2389 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 1, 2023
Authorization errors should not return 500 Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2372 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 25, 2023
Decouple Administrate from Kaminari Open

epic pagination

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2365 · Opened Apr 20, 2023
Improve handling of nested resources Open

epic nested-resources

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2364 · Opened Apr 20, 2023
Provide more context to fields Open

epic fields-context

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2363 · 6 reactions · Opened Apr 20, 2023
Redesign the search function Open

epic search

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2362 · Opened Apr 20, 2023
Refactor resolver Open

epic resolver

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2361 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 19, 2023
Visual redesign Open

epic views-and-styles

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2360 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 19, 2023
Allow grouping of options in Field::Select Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2354 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 13, 2023
Page title does not appear for custom controller with no resource Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2288 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 22, 2022
Fallback 'display name' for optional belongs_to associations Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2286 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 17, 2022
Model named "Template" won't show index in admin Open

bug pagination

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2281 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 28, 2022
Manual sorting of HasMany children list Open

nested-resources

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2276 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 5, 2022
`role=link` breaks screen readers' table navigation commands Open

accessibility bug views-and-styles

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

thoughtbot/administrate#2247 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 16, 2022

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