# Devise

Authentication solution for Rails based on Warden, with modules for sign-in, registration, confirmation, password recovery and account locking.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/devise/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04
Listed since: 2026-11-04

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise
- docs: https://rubydoc.info/github/heartcombo/devise/main/frames
- plugins: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/wiki/Extensions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Rafael França, Carlos Antonio da Silva
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 2.7
- basedOn: rails, warden

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 24353
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 375
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 228359
- dependentPackages: 866

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/heartcombo/devise (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/devise.json (read 2026-11-04)
- maintainer: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/MIT-LICENSE (read 2026-11-04)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/heartcombo/devise (read 2026-11-04)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heartcombo/devise/v5.0.4/devise.gemspec (read 2026-11-04)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heartcombo/devise/v5.0.4/devise.gemspec (read 2026-11-04)
- basedOn: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- basedOn: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- category: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- license: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- licenseModel: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/devise.json (read 2026-11-04)
- i18n: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/heartcombo/devise/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/heartcombo/devise/releases/latest (read 2026-11-04)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/heartcombo/devise (read 2026-11-04)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/heartcombo/devise/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/devise (read 2026-11-04)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/devise (read 2026-11-04)
- urls: https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-04)

## Notes

Devise is an authentication solution for Rails, built on Warden, a general Rack authentication framework. A model opts into Devise's modules for sign-in, registration, confirmation, password recovery and account locking. Devise is a Rails engine, and its views are packaged inside the gem.

Devise supports ActiveRecord and Mongoid as its object-relational mappers. The extensions list is kept on the project wiki.

## Worth knowing

The README says Devise requires a good understanding of the Rails framework, and recommends that someone building a first Rails application start with a simple authentication system written from scratch instead.

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