Use both ActiveRecord and Mongoid in a Rails project

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Use both ActiveRecord and Mongoid in a Rails project is easy. Add mongoid in Gemfile:

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gem 'mongoid', '~> 6.1.0'

then bundle install

However, the mongoid gem would change your default ORM adapter from ActiveRecord to Mongoid:

If you’re not sure which default adapter is you can try: rails g model and check the output message

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Usage:
  rails generate model NAME [field[:type][:index] field[:type][:index]] [options]

Options:
      [--skip-namespace], [--no-skip-namespace]  # Skip namespace (affects only isolated applications)
      [--force-plural], [--no-force-plural]      # Forces the use of the given model name
  -o, --orm=NAME                                 # ORM to be invoked
                                                 # Default: mongoid

So if you wanna generate a new model inherited from ActiveRecord:

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rails g model Manager --orm=active_record

Notice: it’s active_record instead of activerecord