This project is no longer actively maintained. It has been superseded by the tools and guidance available at https://herb-tools.dev/.
better_html served to introduce HTML-aware ERB parsing and runtime safety validations for Rails templates. We are sunsetting further development and recommend migrating to the modern ecosystem and practices documented at:
Key improvements you'll find there:
- Updated guidance for template safety and escaping
- Modern alternatives and linters
- Consolidated tooling replacing this gem's runtime checks
- Actively maintained documentation and examples
- No new features will be added here.
- Only critical security issues may receive patches (best-effort, not guaranteed).
- Issues and PRs may be closed without merge if they introduce new functionality.
You can continue using the last released version, but you should plan a migration. Start by reviewing the concepts on herb-tools.dev and introducing the recommended tooling alongside or in place of better_html.
The full original documentation (usage, configuration, helpers, parser details) has been preserved here:
This project remains available under the MIT License. See MIT-LICENSE for details.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to and adopted better_html. Your feedback and usage informed safer defaults in the Ruby & Rails ecosystem.