Clearance
Rails authentication with email & password.
Overview
Clearance is a Rails authentication gem designed to provide simple and well-tested email and password authentication. It offers opinionated defaults but is easily customizable, making it ideal for developers seeking a straightforward authentication solution.
Features
- Rails Authentication: Allows users to authenticate using email and password.
- Ease of Configuration: Intended to be small and simple with easy customization options.
- Compatibility: Tested against Rails version 6.1 and Ruby version 3.0.0.
- Access Control: Provides tools like require_login filter for controlling access to controller actions.
- Helper Methods: Includes useful methods like current_user, signed_in?, and signed_out? for easy integration.
- Password Resets: Facilitates password reset functionality through email notifications.
- Multiple Domain Support: Supports configurations involving multiple domains with the option to set cookie_domain as a callable object.
- Rack Application Integration: Adds session to the Rack environment hash for seamless interaction with middleware and other Rack applications.
- Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails, often referred to as Rails, is an open-source web application framework written in Ruby. Known for its convention over configuration and don't repeat yourself (DRY) principles, Rails simplifies and accelerates the development of database-backed web applications.
- Gem Based
A website that uses Ruby gems to streamline development workflows and enhance functionality. This includes features such as easy installation and updates, robust and reliable performance, and support for a wide range of plugins and extensions.
