# Trailblazer

Ruby framework of gems that organizes business logic into operations, with form objects, view components and a paid PRO edition.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/trailblazer/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://trailblazer.to/
- repository: https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer
- docs: https://trailblazer.to/2.1/docs/trailblazer/
- forum: https://trailblazer.zulipchat.com

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Trailblazer GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 2.5
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: LGPL-3.0, LGPLv3, Trailblazer License Agreement 1.1 (commercial, for Trailblazer PRO components)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-06-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3473
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 36
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/trailblazer/trailblazer (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://trailblazer.to/2.1/about/ (read 2026-10-26)
- hqCountry: https://trailblazer.to/2.1/about/ (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/trailblazer/trailblazer (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer/blob/v2.1.3/trailblazer.gemspec (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer/blob/master/COMM-LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/trailblazer.json (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/trailblazer/trailblazer (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/trailblazer/trailblazer/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Trailblazer is a set of Ruby gems for structuring business logic. Its central piece, the operation, is a service object that runs business code as a sequence of steps with error handling and flow control, and is called through a single entry point. The gems also include form objects, view components and test helpers, and the project describes the set as framework-agnostic, used with Rails, Hanami, Roda, Grape and Sinatra.

The gems are licensed under the LGPL. A separate commercial edition, Trailblazer PRO, adds a web debugger and a BPMN workflow editor under a separate commercial agreement that the project's license text ties to purchase.

## Worth knowing

The PRO features and their agreement are separate from the LGPL gems, so the two sets of terms apply to different parts of a project. The project says Trailblazer 2.1 is long-term supported, and the README names it as the current version.

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