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List all model names in rails console
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display_model_names.rb
Rails.application.eager_load!
ActiveRecord::Base.descendants # It returns all models and its attributes.
ApplicationRecord.descendants.collect(&:name) # It returns only the model names
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nidnogg commented Nov 14, 2023

In case someone is using legacy Ruby on Rails (v4.2.5 and below) to get just the model names,
ActiveRecord::Base.descendants.collect(&:name)
should work instead.

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