Evaluation of Phoenix Admin Frameworks for Elixir

Erik Näslund discusses his journey of exploring different admin frameworks for a Phoenix application, aiming to achieve features similar to the Django admin interface such as filtering/searching and custom actions. He examines the Elixir Toolbox and his current stack, which includes phoenix 1.7.10 and phoenix_html 4.0.0, noting compatibility issues with new Phoenix releases. Näslund evaluates several options: ex_admin, which is outdated; live_admin, which has potential but is not yet mature; Torch, which looks nice with great filtering but lacks custom actions and recent Phoenix support; and Kaffy, which seems to be the best fit despite some minor issues. He concludes that rolling your own admin could be a viable solution for simpler cases, but one should avoid overengineering.