ActiveRegistration: Simple User Sign-Up in Rails 8

My girlfriend had an exciting app idea (more on that in future posts), I saw it as the perfect opportunity to explore Rails 8 and its latest features. One highlight of Rails 8 is the native authentication generator, designed to simplify user authentication without relying on external gems like Devise. However, I quickly realized that while this generator efficiently manages user sessions and password handling, it doesn't offer a built-in user registration (sign-up) feature. To bridge this gap, I developed active_registration, a Rails engine that seamlessly adds user registration with email confirmation to Rails 8+ applications utilizing the native authentication generator. This gem is designed as a drop-in solution, enabling developers to incorporate robust user registration functionality without starting from scratch. By creating it, my goal was to provide a straightforward and customizable way to enhance Rails 8's native authentication capabilities, allowing developers to implement comprehensive user registration with email confirmation effortlessly. GitHub RubyGems

Apr 7, 2025 - 12:32

My girlfriend had an exciting app idea (more on that in future posts), I saw it as the perfect opportunity to explore Rails 8 and its latest features. One highlight of Rails 8 is the native authentication generator, designed to simplify user authentication without relying on external gems like Devise. However, I quickly realized that while this generator efficiently manages user sessions and password handling, it doesn't offer a built-in user registration (sign-up) feature.

To bridge this gap, I developed active_registration, a Rails engine that seamlessly adds user registration with email confirmation to Rails 8+ applications utilizing the native authentication generator. This gem is designed as a drop-in solution, enabling developers to incorporate robust user registration functionality without starting from scratch.

By creating it, my goal was to provide a straightforward and customizable way to enhance Rails 8's native authentication capabilities, allowing developers to implement comprehensive user registration with email confirmation effortlessly.

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