Knex.js vs RailsAdmin: What are the differences?

What is Knex.js? SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle. Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects.

What is RailsAdmin? A Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data. RailsAdmin is a Rails engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data.

Knex.js and RailsAdmin can be primarily classified as "Database" tools.

"Write once and then connect to almost any sql engine" is the primary reason why developers consider Knex.js over the competitors, whereas "Easy setup" was stated as the key factor in picking RailsAdmin.

Knex.js and RailsAdmin are both open source tools. Knex.js with 9.91K GitHub stars and 1.24K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than RailsAdmin with 7.09K GitHub stars and 2.08K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Knex.js has a broader approval, being mentioned in 10 company stacks & 9 developers stacks; compared to RailsAdmin, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.