Rails Panel

Devtools panel for Rails development

Rails Panel Chrome Extension - Improve Rails Development

Rails Panel is a Chrome extension for Rails development that eliminates the need to tail development.log. It offers detailed information about Rails app requests, including db/rendering/total times, parameter list, rendered views, and text editor integration.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: 7,000+
Rating: 4.82
(109)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-04-29)
Creation date: 2019-05-09
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • offscreen
  • clipboardWrite
Host permissions:
  • http://localhost/*
Size: 734.21K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great for Rails developing
  • Very helpful extension
  • Awesome tool overall
  • Works well with the meta_request gem
Cons
  • Need for updates due to compatibility issues
  • Missing count of SQL queries in the latest update
  • Crashes when opening files in an editor
  • Issues with selected requests being overridden by new requests
Most mentioned
  • Need for updates
  • Crashing issues
  • Missing feature (SQL query count)
  • Helpful tool for developers
User reviews
I just installed the chrome extension 1.0.1 with the latest meta_request gem 0.8.5. On Chrome Browser 130 On macOS 15.1 Sequioa VScode 1.95.2 Rails s running on 3000 Started the server with Panel open and crashed a page with error The panel does not show any information.
by Jagdish Adusumalli, 2024-11-14

meta_request gem is broken in Rails 7.1 ☹️ Dejan please check pull request #199
by Abel O'Rian, 2024-08-29

Great extension, I like new update. But now count of SQL queries is missing. Devs, could you please add it back.
by Serj Korchma, 2024-05-14
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Rails Panel requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
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