InstallAnywhere vs. ProGet vs. Rails Assets vs. npm Comparison Chart

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Rails Assets is the frictionless proxy between Bundler and Bower. It automatically converts the packaged components into gems that are easily droppable into your asset pipeline and stay up to date. First, make sure you use bundler >= 1.8.4. Add Rails Assets as a new gem source, then reference any Bower components that you need as gems. In development, if you have issues with SSL certificates and security is not a priority, you can use the alternate endpoint instead. During bundle install, if Bundler requests a package like this, Rails Assets’ daemon automatically will fetch the component from Bower’s registry, analyze its manifest file, bower.json, repackage the component as a valid Ruby gem and serve it to your application. Dependencies are handled the same way recursively. Gems created by Rails Assets work great with any Sprockets-based application. It works with Sinatra too!