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Fae

Open source

Fae is a Ruby on Rails CMS engine that supplies authentication, authorization, form helpers, image processing and workflows with customizable generated code.

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Fae homepage screenshot
GitHub stars
852
Last commit
yesterday
Repository age
11 years
Licence
MIT
Self-hosted
Yes

About Fae

Fae is a CMS engine for Rails applications. Like many Rails CMS engines it provides the basics out of the box: authentication, authorization, an administration UI, form helpers, image processing and workflows, so developers can get a content admin running quickly.

Where it differs, according to its authors, is that the generated models, controllers and views are written to be customized and scaled. Features include global search, filtering, pagination and sorting, multi-language support with translation, cloning, a change tracker, slug generation, a manager for form field labels and helper text, a Netlify deploy monitor, and multi-factor authentication through OTP.

Fae 3.x supports Rails 7, and Fae 2.x covers Rails 5.0 to 5.2. Installation is a gem plus an installer, followed by creating a super admin at /admin, and the documentation includes tutorials for SEO, GraphQL, images and files, and nested objects. It is MIT licensed and runs on your own Rails hosting.

Key features

  • Generated models, controllers and views
  • Authentication and authorization built in
  • Image processing and file uploads
  • Multi-language support
  • Change tracker and cloning
  • OTP-based multi-factor authentication
  • GraphQL and SEO tutorials

Good fit for

  • →Admin back ends for Rails sites
  • →Content-managed marketing sites
Built with
Ruby
Rails
Tags
cms
rails
ruby
rails-engine
admin
content-management
graphql

Fae: questions and answers

What is Fae used for?
Fae is a Ruby on Rails CMS engine that supplies authentication, authorization, form helpers, image processing and workflows with customizable generated code. It is a good fit for admin back ends for Rails sites and content-managed marketing sites.
Is Fae open source?
Yes. Fae is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at wearefine/fae and is written mainly in Ruby.
Is Fae free?
Yes. Fae is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
Can I self-host Fae?
Yes. Fae can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure.
What are some alternatives to Fae?
Similar open-source tools in the CMS category include Spina CMS, AlchemyCMS and Strapi. SaaS products in the same category include Adobe Experience Manager, Contentful and DatoCMS.
Is Fae actively maintained?
Yes. The most recent commit to Fae was on 1 October 2026. The project has 852 stars on GitHub.

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