# Active Admin [Active Admin](https://www.activeadmin.info) is a Ruby on Rails framework for creating elegant backends for website administration. [![Version ](http://img.shields.io/gem/v/activeadmin.svg) ](https://rubygems.org/gems/activeadmin) [![Travis CI ](http://img.shields.io/travis/activeadmin/activeadmin/master.svg) ](https://travis-ci.org/activeadmin/activeadmin) [![Quality ](http://img.shields.io/codeclimate/github/activeadmin/activeadmin.svg) ](https://codeclimate.com/github/activeadmin/activeadmin) [![Coverage ](https://codecov.io/gh/activeadmin/activeadmin/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/activeadmin/activeadmin) [![Inch CI ](http://inch-ci.org/github/activeadmin/activeadmin.svg?branch=master) ](http://inch-ci.org/github/activeadmin/activeadmin) [![Gratipay Team ](https://img.shields.io/gratipay/team/Active-Admin.svg)](https://gratipay.com/Active-Admin/) ## Goals 1. Enable developers to quickly create good-looking administration interfaces. 2. Build a DSL for developers and an interface for businesses. 3. Ensure that developers can easily customize every nook and cranny. ## Getting started * Check out [the docs](http://activeadmin.info/0-installation.html)! * Try the [live demo](http://demo.activeadmin.info/admin) * The [wiki](https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/wiki) includes links to tutorials, articles and sample projects. ## Need help? Please use [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/activeadmin) for help requests and how-to questions. Please open GitHub issues for bugs and enhancements only, not general help requests. Please search previous issues (and Google and StackOverflow) before creating a new issue. Google Groups, IRC #activeadmin and Gitter are not actively monitored. ## Want to contribute? The [contributing guide](https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) is a good place to start. If you have questions, feel free to ask. ## Want to support us? You can support us with a weekly tip via [Gratipay](https://gratipay.com). [![Support via Gratipay](https://cdn.rawgit.com/gratipay/gratipay-badge/2.1.3/dist/gratipay.png)](https://gratipay.com/Active-Admin) ## Dependencies We try not to reinvent the wheel, so Active Admin is built with other open source projects: Tool | Description --------------------- | ----------- [Arbre] | Ruby -> HTML, just like that. [Devise] | Powerful, extensible user authentication [Formtastic] | A Rails form builder plugin with semantically rich and accessible markup [Inherited Resources] | Simplifies controllers with pre-built RESTful controller actions [Kaminari] | Elegant pagination for any sort of collection [Ransack] | Provides a simple search API to query your data [Arbre]: https://github.com/activeadmin/arbre [Devise]: https://github.com/plataformatec/devise [Formtastic]: https://github.com/justinfrench/formtastic [Inherited Resources]: https://github.com/activeadmin/inherited_resources [Kaminari]: https://github.com/kaminari/kaminari [Ransack]: https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack