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blocknotes/activeadmin_quill_editor
Quill Rich Text Editor for ActiveAdmin
A Rails gem that drops Quill 2.x into ActiveAdmin forms as a custom Formtastic input. One-liner integration: `f.input :description, as: :quill_editor`. Aimed at Rails developers who use ActiveAdmin and need something better than a plain textarea for rich text fields.
CI matrix covers Rails 6.1 through 8.0, which is unusually thorough for a small plugin and means you won't get burned on upgrade. The image upload example is honest about its own limitations (images upload immediately, no purge logic) rather than pretending it's production-ready. Quill options pass through via `data-options`, so you're not blocked waiting for gem updates when you need toolbar customization. The JavaScript API (`window.getQuillEditorByElementId`) is a practical escape hatch for cases where you need to interact with the editor programmatically.
Quill is bundled as vendored JS files in the gem, so you're stuck on whatever version the gem ships until the maintainer bumps it — there's no way to bring your own Quill version. The image upload pattern uploads on attachment rather than on form submit, which will leave orphaned files whenever a user abandons the form; the README flags this but doesn't offer a solution. ActionText conflict is handled via a community workaround linked from an issue, not a first-class solution — that's a fragile dependency chain. At 160 stars and a single maintainer, the bus factor is real; the last meaningful activity suggests maintenance is occasional rather than active.