Awesome Rails

A curated list of awesome things related to Ruby on Rails

Table of Contents

• Resources
  • Official Resources
  • External Resources
    • Books
    • Video tutorials
    • Youtube channels
    • Other external resources
  • Jobs
  • Community
  • Articles
• Open Source Rails Apps
• Gems
• Starters/Boilerplates
• Other Rails Tools
  • Platforms
  • Generators
  • DevTools

Resources

Official Resources

• Rails Official Website
• Rails Official Guide
• Rails Official Guide (Edge Guide)
• Rails API Documentation
• Rails Source Code
• Rails Official Blog

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External Resources

Books

• Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book
• Agile Web Development with Rails 6
• Docker for Rails Developers
• Rails 5 Test Prescriptions
• Rails, Angular, Postgres, and Bootstrap, Second Edition
• Growing Rails Applications in Practice
• Crafting Rails 4 Applications
• The Rails 7 Way

Video courses

• Full Stack Rails Mastery

Video tutorials

• RailsCasts *(inactive since 2013)
• GoRails *(freemium)
• Drifting Ruby *(freemium)

Youtube channels

• DriftingRuby
• Gorails
• TechmakerTV
• Deanin
• Webcrunch
• CJ Avilla
• SupeRails
• APPSIMPACT Academy
• Mix & Go
• Phil Smy
• David Battersby

Other external resources

• Learn Ruby on Rails (thoughtbot)
• Ruby on Windows Guides
• RailsNotes Blog — The Ruby on Rails guides you wished you had!

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Jobs

• railsjobs on Reddit
• rails jobs on indeed.com
• rails jobs on glassdoor.com
• rails jobs on gorails.com
• rails jobs on remoteok.com
• rails jobs on weworkremotely.com
• rails jobs on Startup Jobs

Tip: You can find list of remote job boards including Rails jobs on awesome-remote-job

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Community

• rails on X
• rails on Reddit
• Ruby on Rails Discussions
• Gorails forum
• WIP Ruby (Telegram group)
• Ruby on Rails Link (Slack)

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Articles

from dev.to:

• More than "Hello World" in Docker: Build Rails + Sidekiq web apps in Docker
• Design Patterns with Ruby on Rails part 1: Introduction and Policy Object - Part 2
• The Progressive Rails App
• Modern Rails flash messages (part 1): ViewComponent, Stimulus & Tailwind CSS - Part 2
• Building a Rails App With Multiple Subdomains
• Reactive Rails applications with StimulusReflex
• 1 Backend, 5 Frontends - Todo List with Rails, React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, and jQuery
• Create a Video Party App With Rails Part 1: Building the Backend - Part 2
• The Rails Model Introduction I Wish I Had
• How to create a gem in Ruby on Rails? -From Scratch-
• Multiple Foreign Keys for the Same Relationship in Rails 6
• QR Code Reader on Rails
• Magic Links with Ruby On Rails and Devise
• I created the same application with Rails and no JavaScript
• Instantly speed up your Rails application by self-hosting your fonts
• Reactive Map with Rails, Stimulus Reflex and Mapbox
• A Future for Rails: StimulusReflex
• Introduction to Ruby on Rails Patterns and Anti-patterns Part 1 - Part 2
• Rails Concerns: To Concern Or Not To Concern
• Building an Event Sourcing System in Rails, Part 1: What is Event Sourcing? - Part 2
• Real Time Notification System with Sidekiq, Redis and Devise in Rails 6
• Deploying Your Rails 6 App
• What's Cooking in Rails 7?
• Using Hotwire Turbo in Rails with legacy JavaScript
• From Rails scaffold listing to Hotwire infinite scroll
• Building a Component Library in Rails With Storybook
• How to Speed Up Load Times In A Rails App - What I Wish I Knew Four Months Ago
• Endless Scroll / Infinite Loading with Turbo Streams & Stimulus
• Ruby/Rails Machine Setup Guide -How many Heroku dynos do you need, and which size—An opinionated guide -Rails Environment Variables Using Credentials -Email Subscription Workflow - Ruby on Rails -Mastering Low Level Caching in Rails

from shopify.engineering:

• How to Write Fast Code in Ruby on Rails
• How to Introduce Composite Primary Keys in Rails
• Enforcing Modularity in Rails Apps with Packwerk

from blog.planetargon.com:

• 8 Useful Ruby on Rails Gems We Couldn't Live Without
• Ruby on Rails Code Audits: 8 Steps to Review Your App
• Rails 6.1 is Out! How to Prepare Your App Now
• When Should You Upgrade Your Rails Application?
• Helpful Resources for Upgrading Your Rails App Version
• Upgrading Rails: Interview with Eileen Uchitelle

from sitepoint.com:

• 10 Ruby on Rails Best Practices
• Building APIs with Ruby on Rails and GraphQL
• Understanding the Model-View-Controller (MVC) Architecture in Rails
• Beyond Rails Abstractions: A Dive into Database Internals
• Search and Autocomplete in Rails Apps
• Start Your SEO Right with Sitemaps on Rails
• Handle Password and Email Changes in Your Rails API
• Master Many-to-Many Associations with ActiveRecord
• Common Rails Security Pitfalls and Their Solutions

from pganalyze.com:

• Efficient GraphQL queries in Ruby on Rails & Postgres
• Similarity in Postgres and Rails using Trigrams
• Effectively Using Materialized Views in Ruby on Rails
• Full Text Search in Milliseconds with Rails and PostgreSQL
• Advanced Active Record: Using Subqueries in Rails
• PostGIS vs. Geocoder in Rails
• Creating Custom Postgres Data Types in Rails

from semaphoreci.com:

• Integration Testing Ruby on Rails with Minitest and Capybara
• Mocking in Ruby with Minitest
• How to Test Rails Models with RSpec
• Dockerizing a Ruby on Rails Application

from evilmartians.com:

• Dockerizing Ruby and Rails development
• How to GraphQL with Ruby, Rails, Active Record, and no N+1
• Keep up with the Tines: Rails frontend revamp
• Pulling the trigger: How to update counter caches in your Rails app without Active Record callbacks
• GraphQL on Rails: On the way to perfection
• Danger on Rails: make robots do some code review for you!
• GraphQL on Rails: From zero to the first query
• A fixture-based approach to interface testing in Rails

from digitalocean.com:

• How To Add Stimulus to a Ruby on Rails Application
• Build a RESTful JSON API With Rails 5

from cloud66.com:

• Making Hotwire and Devise play nicely
• Taking Rails to the next level with Hotwire
• Hotwire, ViewComponents and TailwindCSS: The Ultimate Rails Stack
• Adding Super Fast Frontend Search in Rails with Lunr

from not yet classified sources:

• The 3 Tenets of Service Objects in Ruby on Rails
• Famous Web Apps Built with Ruby on Rails
• Building a JSON API with Rails 5
• Five Practices for Robust Ruby on Rails Applications
• Working with the SQL ‘time’ type in Ruby on Rails
• Upgrading Rails apps with dual boot
• What Are Rails Parameters & How to Use Them Correctly
• How to Remove Single Table Inheritance from Your Rails Monolith
• Implementing Multi-Table Full Text Search with Postgres in Rails
• Ruby on Rails ActiveRecord PostgreSQL Data Integrity and Validations
• Programming Community Curated Resources For Learning Ruby on Rails
• Choosing ruby on rails for your next web development project (business guide)
• Dockerizing a Rails application
• How to painlessly set up your Ruby on Rails dev environment with Docker
• How I used Docker with Rails
• Rails 6 Features: What's New and Why It Matters
• Containerizing Ruby on Rails Applications
• Behind The Scenes: Rails UJS
• Implement SSR with React + Rails

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Open Source Rails Apps

Note: Rails versions of these apps are valid as the date of latest commit. They are defined in their Gemfile and/or Gemfile.lock and they might be outdated. If you find it outdated, don't forget to notfiy us by opening a pull request.

• FAE - A modern CMS developed by FINE (using Rails 5.2)
• activeWorkflow - An intelligent process and workflow automation platform based on software agents (using Rails 6.0).
• adopt-a-hydrant - A civic infrastructure detection app (using Rails 4.2).
• airCasting - A platform for recording, mapping, and sharing health and environmental data using your smartphone (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• Aixle Flow - A Kanban board that runs AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and others) in isolated containers, one durable workflow per card (using Rails 8.1). - :earth_africa:
• alaveteli - A platform for making public freedom of information requests - using Rails 7.0 - :earth_africa:
• alonetone - A music hosting, management & distribution app (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• api.rss - A RSS feed conversion (to API) app (using Rails 6.0).
• asakusaSatellite - A realtime chat application for developers (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• askaway - Question & answer app specialized in politics (using Rails 4.1).
• autolab - A course management app (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• beatstream - A music streaming app - using Rails 3.2
• bike_index - A bike registry tracking app (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• blackCandy - A music streaming app (using Rails 7.0).
• brimir - An email helpdesk app (using Rails 5.2). (archived).
• calagator - A community calendaring app (using Rails 5.2).
• campo - A forum app (using Rails 4.1).
• canvas-lms - A learning management app.
• catarse - A crowdfunding platform for creative projects (using Rails 4.2). - :earth_africa:
• chatwoot - A simple and elegant live chat software (using Rails 6.1).
• chronlife - A social platform for people with chronic diseases (using Rails 7.0).
• ciao - A URL status checking app (using Rails 6.0).
• coRM - A customer relationship management app - using Rails 3.2 - :earth_africa:
• coderwall (legacy) - A social network app for software engineers - using Rails 3.2
• coderwall (next) - A social network app for software engineers - using Rails 5.0
• codetriage - An open source project finder app (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• commudle - A community management app (using Rails 5.2).
• contribulator - An open source project finder app - using Rails 5.1
• coursemology2 - Learning platform app (using Rails 6.0).
• crabgrass-core - A collaboration platform for activist groups (using Rails 5.2).
• crowdAI - An app for data science challenges (using Rails 5.2). - :earth_africa:
• crowdtiltOpen - A crowdfunding platform - using Rails 6.1
• cw-ovp - video packaging to *.m3u8 for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) with FFMPEG on website (using Rails 6.0).
• danbooru - A taggable image board app (using Rails 7.0).
• dcaf_case_management - A case management app (using Rails 7.0).
• dgidb - A drug gene interaction platform - using Rails 6.0
• diaspora - A social networking app - using Rails 6.1 - :earth_africa:
• discourse - A platform for community discussion (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• docuseal - A platform to fill and sign digital documents (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• ekylibre - A farm management app (using Rails 5.0).
• eol - An encyclopedia app - using Rails 3.2
• expertiza - A learning material sharing app (using Rails 5.1).
• fairmondo - A marketplace app (using Rails 5.1).
• fat-free-crm - An open source, Ruby on Rails customer relationship management platform (CRM) (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• feedbin - A RSS reader app (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• follow-all - A Twitter account management app (using Rails 4.2). (archived).
• forem - Social platform app specialized for web development (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• freeATS - An open source applicant tracking system with self-hosting capabilities (using Rails 7.1).
• fromthepage - A wiki-like app for crowdsourcing transcription of handwritten documents (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• gitlabhq - A code collaboration app (using Rails 6.1).
• graff_mags - A graffiti magazine sharing app (using Rails 4.1).
• granny - An OpenAI chat app (Rails 7.0)
• Gwirian - A modern BDD feature and scenario management (using Rails 8.0).
• growstuff - A data management app for food gardeners (using Rails 6.1).
• hackershare - Social bookmarks website for hackers (using Rails 7.0).
• hashrobot - A social media management app (using Rails 4.2).
• helpy - A customer support app (using Rails 4.2).
• hitobito - An event organization app (using Rails 6.1).
• hours - A time tracking app (using Rails 4.2).
• human-essentials - An inventory management system for essentials banks (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• inaturalist - A community app for nature and related stuff (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• intercityup.com - A control panel app for app deployment (using Rails 4.1).
• kanban - A Trello clone (using Rails 4.2).
• kitsu-tools - An anime discovery platform (using Rails 4.1).
• lavish - A color scheme generator (using Rails 4.2).
• lifeToRemind - A career planning app (using Rails 5.2).
• Listopia - A modern list / task management app (using Rails 8).
• lobsters - A link aggregation app (using Rails 8.1). - :earth_africa:
• loomio - A collaborative decision-making app (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• mastodon - A microblogging app (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• maybe - The personal finance app for everyone (using Rails 7.2.2).
• multiwoven- The open-source reverse ETL, data activation platform for modern data teams. (using Rails 7.1.1) - 🌍
• obl.ong - A multi-tenant subdomain control panel (using Rails 7.1)
• obtvse2 - A blogging app (using Rails 4.0).
• onebody - A social networking app for churches - using Rails 5.1
• openFarm - A database for information about farming and gardening (using Rails 5.2). -
• opencongress - A website for getting information about US Congress - using Rails 3.0 (archived).
• openproject - A project management app (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• opensourcefriday - A project contribution tracking app (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• openstreetmap-website - A map viewing app (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• otwarchive - A social networking app for fans - using Rails 6.0 - :earth_africa:
• passwordPusher - A password delivery app (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• peatio - A crypto currency exchange app (using Rails 4.0).
• planningalerts-app - A planned applications tracking app (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• podiscover - An open source social media platform to discover new podcasts. (using Rails 7.0) - :earth_africa:
• popHealth - A population health reporting app (using Rails 4.1).
• postal - A mail delivery platform (using Rails 5.2).
• publify - A blogging app (using Rails 6.1).
• quant - A personal health tracker (using Rails 4.1).
• racing_on_rails - A bike racing organization app (using Rails 6.1).
• rapidFTR - An information provider app for aid workers (using Rails 4.0).
• redmine - A project management app (using Rails 6.1).
• rentmybikes-rails - A marketplace app - (using Rails 4.0).
• reservations - An inventory management app (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• retrospring - A social network following the Q/A (question and answer) principle - :earth_africa:
• RexOne - Sovereign full-stack application foundation spanning Rails 8 API, React 19, and Flutter mobile (using Rails 8.1). - :earth_africa:
• rletters - A frontend for database of journal articles for researchers (using Rails 6.0).
• rubygems.org - A gem hosting platform (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• sanataro - An account tracker (using Rails 4.2).
• scholarsphere - A digital assets management app - using Rails 6.1
• selfstarter - A crowdfunding app (using Rails 4.0).
• sharetribe - A peer-to-peer marketplace platform (using Rails 5.2). - :earth_africa:
• socify - A social networking platform - using Rails 5.0
• somleng - An Open Source Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) and Telco-as-a-service (TaaS). (using Rails 7.1). - :earth_africa:
• splits-io - A speedrun data store and analysis engine. (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• spokenvote - A social voting app (using Rails 4.2).
• stackneveroverflow - A question asking & answering platform - using Rails 5.0
• teambox - A collaboration app - using Rails 3.0 - :earth_africa: (archived).
• theodinproject - A teaching & learning platform (using Rails 6.1). - :earth_africa:
• tracks - A goal tracking app (using Rails 6.0). - :earth_africa:
• trado - An e-commerce platform (using Rails 4.2).
• united - A free and open membership directory for collective organizations (using Rails main).
• vglist - A video game library tracking web app (using Rails 7.0). - :earth_africa:
• websiteOne - A project tracking app (using Rails 6.1).
• whitehall - A content management app used by UK government - using Rails 7.0 Back to top

Gems

[:red_circle:] : RubyGems link of gems

• rails - A full-stack web development framework :red_circle:

Direct dependencies of the "rails" gem:

• actioncable - A gem to integrate websocket with a Rails app :red_circle: - Action Cable Overview
• actionmailbox - A gem to handle incoming emails within a Rails app :red_circle: - Action Mailbox Basics
• actionmailer - A gem to compose, deliver & test emails within a Rails app :red_circle: - Action Mailer Basics
• actionpack - A gem to manage requests & responses within a Rails app :red_circle:
• actiontext - A gem to integrate rich text editor into a Rails app :red_circle: - Action Text Overview
• actionview - A gem to handle view templates within a Rails app :red_circle: - Action View Overview
• activejob - A gem to handle background jobs within a Rails app :red_circle: - Active Job Basics
• activemodel - A gem to define a set of interfaces to use in model classes within a Rails app :red_circle: - Active Model Basics
• activerecord - A gem to connect model classes with relational databases within a Rails app :red_circle: - Active Record Basics
• activestorage - A gem to handle file uploads to cloud storage providers within a Rails app :red_circle: - Active Storage Overview
• activesupport - A gem to provide some extensions to support a Rails app :red_circle: - Active Support Core Extensions
• railties - A gem to handle gems & engines used in a Rails app to work together :red_circle:

Other gems that can be used with Rails

• ace-rails-ap - A gem to integrate ajax.org cloud9 editor into Rails asset pipeline. :red_circle:
• action_policy - A tool to handle authorization. :red_circle:
• actionview-svelte-handler - An Action View template handler to seamlessly integrate Svelte views. :red_circle:
• active_admin_prism - An ActiveAdmin theme that replaces the default top navigation with a collapsible left sidebar, restyling panels, tables & Formtastic forms into a modern card-based look. :red_circle:
• active_decorator - A gem to keep views & helpers object-oriented. :red_circle:
• active_enum - A gem to provide enum classes :red_circle:
• activeadmin - A gem to provide admin panel. :red_circle:
• activerecord-analyze - A gem to add EXPLAIN ANALYZE to Rails Active Record query objects. :red_circle:
• activerecord-import - A gem to handle bulk data insertion using ActiveRecord. :red_circle:
• activerecord-pg_enum - A gem to integrate PostgreSQL's enumerated types with the Rails enum feature. :red_circle:
• activerecord-postgis-adapter - ActiveRecord connection adapter for PostGIS. :red_circle:
• activerecord-postgres_enum - A gem to adds migration and schema.rb support to PostgreSQL enum data types. :red_circle:
• activerecord-postgresql-branched - Database adapter that gives each git branch its own PostgreSQL schema. :red_circle:
• activerecord-sqlserver-adapter - ActiveRecord connection adapter for the SQL Server. :red_circle:
• activerecord-typedstore - A gem to implement ActiveRecord::Store with type definition. :red_circle:
• activity_notification - A gem to integrate user activity notification. :red_circle:
• aggregate_root - A gem to handle event sourcing. :red_circle:
• ahoy_email - A tool to provide mail analytics. :red_circle:
• alba - A JSON serializer for Ruby, JRuby, and TruffleRuby. :red_circle:
• algoliasearch-rails - A gem to integrate Algolia search. :red_circle:
• annotate - A gem to annotate rails classes with schema & routes info. :red_circle:
• anycable-rails - A gem to handle websocket server. :red_circle:
• apipie-rails - A REST API documentation tool. :red_circle:
• auther - A gem to provide simple, form-based authentication. :red_circle:
• autoprefixer-rails - A gem to add vendor prefixes to stylesheets. :red_circle:
• avo - Configuration-based, no-maintenance, extendable Ruby on Rails admin panel. rubygems
• bemi-rails - A robust data change tracking and audit trail for Rails. :red_circle:
• better_errors - A tool to provide better error page. :red_circle:
• brakeman - A gem to scan code against security vulnerabilities. :red_circle:
• breadcrumbs_on_rails - A gem to create & manage breadcrumbs-style navigation. :red_circle:
• bulma-rails - A wrapper for Bulma, a CSS framework based on flexbox. :red_circle:
• cancancan - A gem to handle authorization. :red_circle:
• carrierwave - A gem to handle file uploads. :red_circle:
• caxlsx_rails - A gem to generate entity-relationship diagram. :red_circle:
• counter_culture - A gem to provide counter caches. :red_circle:
• db_validator - A gem to find records in your database that do not meet model validation requirements. :red_circle:
• devise - A gem to provide authentication. :red_circle:
• doorkeeper - A gem to introduce OAuth2 provider functionality. :red_circle:
• draper - A gem to add presentation logic. :red_circle:
• factory_bot_rails - A fixture replacement for testing in Rails :red_circle:
• filestack-rails - A gem to integrate Filestack. :red_circle:
• formtastic - A Rails form builder gem with semantically rich and accessible markup. :red_circle:
• friendly_id - A gem to deal with slugs & permalinks. :red_circle:
• frozen_record - A gem to provide ActiveRecord-like interface to query static YAML files. :red_circle:
• geokit-rails - A gem to integrate Geokit in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• good_job - A gem to provide Postgres-based ActiveJob backend. :red_circle:
• gretel - A tool to generate breadcrumbs. :red_circle:
• groupdate - A gem to manage temporal data. :red_circle:
• hotwire-rails - A gem to integrate Hotwire in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• image_optim_rails - A gem to handle image optimization. :red_circle:
• js-routes - A tool to generate all Rails routes as JavaScript helpers. :red_circle:
• kaminari - A gem to provide pagination. :red_circle:
• kreds - A shorthand for Rails credentials access. :red_circle:
• kt-paperclip - A gem to handle file uploads. :red_circle:
• lockbox - A gem to deal with encryption. :red_circle:
• logbrew-sdk - A gem to capture Rails errors, request traces, and ActiveJob failures and send them to LogBrew. :red_circle:
• lograge - A gem to customize logger in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• mailkick - A tool to handle mail unsubscriptions. :red_circle:
• marginalia - A gem to attach comments to ActiveRecord's SQL queries. :red_circle:
• metka - A gem to manage tags using Postgresql array columns. :red_circle:
• money-rails - A gem to integrate Money gem in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• paloma - A gem to manage page-specific JavaScript in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• passive_columns - A gem that extends Active Record to retrieve specific columns from DB on demand. :red_circle:
• pgcli-rails - A replacement of rails:dbconsole command to manage Postgresql. :red_circle:
• premailer-rails - A gem to handle email styling. :red_circle:
• prerender_rails - A gem to prerender JavaScript-rendered pages. :red_circle:
• rabarber - A gem to handle role-based authorization. :red_circle:
• rails-erd - A gem to generate entity-relationship diagram. :red_circle:
• rails-mermaid_erd - A gem to interactively generate entity-relationship diagram in image or Markdown format. :red_circle:
• rails-settings-cached - A gem to manage global settings as key-value pairs. :red_circle:
• rails_admin - A gem to create & manage admin panel for Rails app. :red_circle:
• rails_event_store - A gem to implement event store in Rails :red_circle:
• rails_preflight - A gem to report what blocks upgrading a Rails app to a target version, before you change any code. :red_circle:
• rails_semantic_logger - A gem to provide alternative logging approach for Rails app. :red_circle:
• ranked-model - A gem to handle sorting for rows. :red_circle:
• ransack - A gem to provide search functionality. :red_circle:
• react-rails - A gem to integrate React.js with Rails app. :red_circle:
• react_on_rails - A gem to integrate React.js with Rails app with SSR. :red_circle:
• redisWebManager - Web interface that allows you to manage easily your Redis instance. :red_circle:
• reform-rails - A gem to wrap Reform gem, a form validation tool, with Rails app. :red_circle:
• rgeo-activerecord - A gem to provide common tools used by RGeo-based spatial adapters. :red_circle:
• rodauth-rails - A gem to wrap Rodauth, an authentication handler, for Rails apps. :red_circle:
• rollup - A gem to handle time-series data in Rails :red_circle:
• route_translator - A tool to handle route translation. :red_circle:
• rspec-rails - A testing framework. :red_circle:
• rubocop-rails - A code style checking tool. :red_circle:
• scenic - A gem to manage database views. :red_circle:
• scryer - A security auditing & static analysis tool that scans Rails apps for vulnerabilities, performance issues, and code quality problems. :red_circle:
• searchkick - A gem to provide search functionality. :red_circle:
• select2-rails - A gem to integrate Select2 library in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• sequel-activerecord_connection - A gem to allow Sequel to reuse an ActiveRecord connection. :red_circle:
• shakapacker - A gem to use webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails. :red_circle:
• sidemail – A gem for sending and managing application emails. :red_circle:
• simple_form - A gem to handle forms. :red_circle:
• solid_objects - A gem for SQL-backed virtual actors: durable state, ordered calls, and reminders in the app's SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL database (pre-1.0). :red_circle:
• solid_queue - A gem to Database-backed Active Job backend :red_circle:
• solidus - A fork of Spree gem, an open source e-commerce platform. :red_circle:
• sorbet-rails - A gem to integrate Sorbet gem in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• spree - An open source e-commerce platform. :red_circle:
• spring - A gem to preload Rails app. :red_circle:
• sprockets - A gem to compile & serve web assets. :red_circle:
• stimulus-rails - A gem to integrate Stimulus.js in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• subflag-rails - A gem for feature flags and dynamic config that uses ActiveRecord. 🔴
• tidewave - MCP server for agentic Rails development, runtime-level tools for your agent to talk to your running app. :red_circle:
• tinymce-rails - A gem to integrate Tinymce in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• transaction_guard - A gem to detect HTTP, email, and job side effects inside ActiveRecord transactions. :red_circle:
• transloadit-rails - A gem to integrate Transloadit's file uploading and encoding service. :red_circle:
• trove - A gem to handle machine learning models deployment. :red_circle:
• turbo-rails - A gem to integrate Turbo.js in Rails apps. :red_circle:
• veri - A gem for cookie-based authentication with fine-grained session control and management. :red_circle:
• view_component - A gem to introduce view components. :red_circle:
• webpacker - A gem to bundle web assets using Webpack. :red_circle:
• zeitwerk - A gem to handle thread-safe code loading. :red_circle:

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Starters/Boilerplates

• default_rails_template - Default template for generating new Rails applications.
• docker-Rails-Template - A freshly updated version of "rails new", preconfigured to be run with Docker.
• docker-rails
• jumpstart(excid3) - Easily jumpstart a new Rails application with a bunch of great features by default.
• jumpstart(thomasvanholder) - Template for set-up of Rails 6, Tailwind 2.0 and Devise.
• kickoff_tailwind - A rapid Rails 6 application template for personal use bundled with Tailwind CSS.
• nativeapptemplateapi - A Rails 8.1 multi-tenant API backend for native iOS (Swift/SwiftUI) and Android (Kotlin/Compose) apps. Uses acts_as_tenant, devise_token_auth, Pundit, Solid Queue/Cache/Cable, and PostgreSQL (using Rails 8.1).
• prism_demo - Sample app for testing and previewing the Prism ActiveAdmin theme; a minimal Rails app pre-wired with active_admin_prism and seeded with dummy data.
• Rails Blocks - A collection of Ruby on Rails UI components using Tailwind CSS and Stimulus controllers.
• rails-devise-graphql - A Rails 6 boilerplate to create your next Saas product. Preloaded with graphQL, devise, JWT, CanCanCan, RailsAdmin, Rubocop, Rspec, and more.
• rails-rocket-sheep - Application template for building with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex); generates a CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md, one-convention-per-file rules, workflow commands, and CI gates (using Rails 8.0).
• rails-template(mattbrictson) - Application template for Rails 6 projects; preloaded with best practices for TDD, security, deployment, and developer productivity.
• rails-template(TristanToye) - MVP Ready Rails - A Template for Your Next Rails App
• rails-template(ackama) - Application template for Rails 6.1 projects; preloaded with best practices for TDD, security, deployment, and developer productivity.
• rails-template(astrocket) - Template for Rails 6.0 + Kubernetes + Webpacker + Stimulus + TailwindCSS + Let's Encrypt.
• rails-template(dao42) - A best & newest & fastest rails 6.x template for senior rails developer.
• rails-templates(lewagon) - Jump start your Rails development with Le Wagon best practices.
• rails-templates(nimblehq) - Our optimized Rails templates used in our projects.
• rails-vue-template - An example of how to use VueJS as a single page application inside Rails using Webpacker.
• rails_new - A thoughtfully designed template for building modern Rails apps. Get started in minutes instead of hours.
• suspenders - A Rails template with our standard defaults, ready to deploy to Heroku.
• vuejs-rails-starterkit - Vue.js + Rails Starting Kit GitHub Template to develop Hybrid Mobile Application.
• rails_api_base - Rails 6 boilerplate project for JSON RESTful APIs.
• rails_hotwire_base - Rails 6 boilerplate project with Hotwire for full-stack applications with a modern SPA-like experience.

Other Rails Tools

Platforms

• Nanobox - A micro-PaaS (μPaaS) for creating consistent, isolated, development environments deployable anywhere
• Light Cloud - PaaS that deploys Rails apps from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or a Dockerfile, with scale to zero and managed Postgres/MySQL on paid plans

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Generators

Generator	Ready to run	Complex Apps	Sets git	Heroku config
Rails Composer	yes, but Stripe needs to be configured	Example apps reaching a SaaS with Stripe.	yes	yes

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DevTools

• Bencher - A suite of continuous benchmarking tools designed to catch performance regressions in CI.
• ERB Snippets + View Audit for Rails - Paste or open one .html.erb view and see every raw, html_safe, params and CSRF finding a Rails security review sends back — 26 rules, 36 snippets, offline in.
• rails-dashboard - A dev-tool to improve your rails log.
• Optic - Optic automatically documents and tests your APIs.
• Liam ERD - Generate Beautiful ER-Diagrams from your schema.rb. Using ruby/prism WASM with Node.js.
• mcdview - Turn your schema.rb into an interactive ER diagram on a stable link, no account, and keep it current in CI with history and diffs.
• Dash - Offline API documentation browser for macOS with instant search for Rails docs and 200+ other frameworks.
• Keploy - Generates Rails integration tests from real traffic and replays ActiveRecord, Redis, and HTTP calls as mocks.
• TestMu AI HyperExecute - Run Capybara browser tests on TestMu AI's test orchestration cloud.

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