# Formtastic

Rails form builder that renders semantic, accessible HTML forms through a Ruby DSL.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/formtastic/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic
- docs: https://rubydoc.info/github/formtastic/formtastic

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Justin French
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: forms
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.1
- basedOn: rails

### 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: Gemfile

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5205
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 189
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 21133
- dependentPackages: 176

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/formtastic/formtastic (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/tags (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/formtastic/formtastic (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/v6.0.0/formtastic.gemspec (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- basedOn: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- i18n: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/formtastic/formtastic (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/releases/tag/v6.0.0 (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/formtastic/formtastic/releases/tag/v6.0.0 (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/formtastic/formtastic (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/formtastic/formtastic/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/formtastic (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/formtastic (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Formtastic is a form builder for Rails applications that renders semantic, accessible HTML forms through a Ruby DSL. It extends the Rails form builder, and its [documentation](https://rubydoc.info/github/formtastic/formtastic) is generated on rubydoc.info. It supports internationalization.

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