Awesome Rails

A curated list of awesome things related to Ruby on Rails

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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 6 Way

Video tutorials

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

Youtube channels

• DriftingRuby
• Gorails
• TechmakerTV
• Deanin
• Webcrunch

Other external resources

• The Odin Project
• Learn Ruby on Rails (thoughtbot)
• Ruby on Windows Guides

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Jobs

• Stack Overflow
• railsjobs on Reddit
• rails jobs on indeed.com
• rails jobs on glassdoor.com
• rails jobs on gorails.com
• rails jobs on remoteok.io
• rails jobs on weworkremotely.com

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

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Community

• rails on Twitter
• rails on Reddit
• Ruby on Rails Discussions
• Gorails forum

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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

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 blog.arkency.com:

• nil?, empty?, blank? in Ruby on Rails - what's the difference actually?
• How well Rails developers actually test their apps
• Rails multitenancy story in 11 snippets of code
• Painless Rails upgrades
• Comparison of approaches to multitenancy in Rails apps
• Managing Rails Event Store Subscriptions — How To
• Rails connections, pools and handlers
• How to balance the public APIs of an open-source library — practical examples from RailsEventStore
• Rack apps mounted in Rails — how to protect access to them?

from scotch.io:

• File Upload in Rails with PaperClip
• Build a Blog with Ruby on Rails - Part 2
• Uploading Files With Rails and ActionCable
• Create an Online Streaming Radio With Rails and Icecast
• Integrating Social Login in a Ruby on Rails Application
• Asynchronous Chat With Rails and ActionCable

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 not yet classified sources:

• Protecting your users data from Rails application using cryptography
• 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
• Crafting APIs With Rails
• 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
• Build a Rails application with VueJS using JSX
• Fetching millions of rows from PostgreSQL with Rails
• 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
• Ruby on Rails configuration tutorials
• Containerizing Ruby on Rails Applications
• Behind The Scenes: Rails UJS

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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.

• activeWorkflow - An intelligent process and workflow automation platform based on software agents (using Rails 5.2).
• 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 5.2). -
• alaveteli - A platform for making public freedom of information requests - using Rails 5.1 -
• alonetone - A music hosting, management & distribution app (using Rails 6.0). -
• api.rss - A RSS feed conversion (to API) app (using Rails 5.2).
• asakusaSatellite - A realtime chat application for developers (using Rails 6.0). -
• askaway - Question & answer app specialized in politics (using Rails 4.1).
• autolab - A course management app (using Rails 4.2). -
• beatstream - A music streaming app - using Rails 3.2
• bike_index - A bike registry tracking app (using Rails 4.2). -
• blackCandy - A music streaming app (using Rails 6.0).
• brimir - An email helpdesk app (using Rails 5.2). (archived).
• calagator - A community calendaring app (using Rails 4.2).
• campo - A forum app (using Rails 4.2). -
• canvas-lms - A learning management app (using Rails 5.2).
• catarse - A crowdfunding platform for creative projects (using Rails 4.2). -
• chatwoot - A simple and elegant live chat software (using Rails 6.0).
• ciao - A URL status checking app (using Rails 6.0).
• coRM - A customer relationship management app - using Rails 3.2 -
• 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 6.0). -
• 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 5.2).
• covoiturage-libre - A carpooling app - using Rails 5.0 (archived).
• crabgrass-core - A collaboration platform for activist groups (using Rails 4.2).
• crowdAI - An app for data science challenges (using Rails 5.2). -
• crowdtiltOpen - A crowdfunding platform - using Rails 3.2
• 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 6.0).
• dcaf_case_management - A case management app (using Rails 5.2).
• dgidb - A drug gene interaction platform - using Rails 5.1
• diaper - An inventory management app for diaper banks (using Rails 6.0). -
• diaspora - A social networking app - using Rails 5.1 -
• discourse - A platform for community discussion (using Rails 6.0). -
• ekylibre - A farm management app (using Rails 4.2).
• postal - A mail delivery platform (using Rails 5.2).
• encrypt.to - A messaging app with encryption support (using Rails 4.2).
• eol - An encyclopedia app - using Rails 3.2 -
• expertiza - A learning material sharing app (using Rails 4.2).
• FAE - A modern CMS deveveloped by FINE (using Rails 5.2)
• fairmondo - A marketplace app (using Rails 4.2). -
• fat-free-crm - An open source, Ruby on Rails customer relationship management platform (CRM) (using Rails 5.2). -
• feedbin - A RSS reader app (using Rails 6.0). -
• follow-all - A Twitter account management app (using Rails 4.2). (archived).
• forem - Social platform app specialized for web development (using Rails 5.2). -
• fromthepage - A wiki-like app for crowdsourcing transcription of handwritten documents (using Rails 4.1). -
• gitlabhq - A code collaboration app (using Rails 6.0).
• graff_mags - A graffiti magazine sharing app (using Rails 4.1). -
• growstuff - A data management app for food gardeners (using Rails 5.2). -
• hackershare - Social bookmarks website for hackers (using Rails 6.0). -
• 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 4.2). -
• hours - A time tracking app (using Rails 4.2). -
• inaturalist - A community app for nature and related stuff (using Rails 4.2). -
• 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).
• lobsters - A link aggregation app (using Rails 5.2). -
• loomio - A collaborative decision-making app (using Rails 5.2). -
• mastodon - A microblogging app (using Rails 5.2). -
• 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 6.0). -
• openstreetmap-website - A map viewing app (using Rails 6.0). -
• opensourcefriday - A project contribution tracking app (using Rails 6.0). -
• otwarchive - A social networking app for fans - using Rails 5.1 -
• passwordPusher - A password delivery app (using Rails 4.2). -
• peatio - A crypto currency exchange app (using Rails 4.0).
• planningalerts-app - A planned applications tracking app (using Rails 5.2). -
• popHealth - A population health reporting app (using Rails 4.1).
• publify - A blogging app (using Rails 5.2).
• quant - A personal health tracker (using Rails 4.1).
• racing_on_rails - A bike racing organization app (using Rails 5.2).
• rapidFTR - An information provider app for aid workers (using Rails 4.0).
• redmine - A project management app (using Rails 5.2). -
• rentmybikes-rails - A marketplace app - (using Rails 4.0).
• reservations - An inventory management app (using Rails 6.0). -
• rletters - A frontend for database of journal articles for researchers (using Rails 6.0). -
• rubygems.org - A gem hosting platform (using Rails 6.0). -
• sanataro - An account tracker (using Rails 4.2).
• scholarsphere - A digital assets management app - using Rails 5.1
• selfstarter - A crowdfunding app (using Rails 4.0).
• sharetribe - A peer-to-peer marketplace platform (using Rails 5.2). -
• socify - A social networking platform - using Rails 5.0
• splits-io - A speedrun data store and analysis engine. (using Rails 6.0). -
• 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 - (archived).
• theodinproject - A teaching & learning platform (using Rails 5.2). -
• tracks - A goal tracking app (using Rails 5.2). -
• trado - An e-commerce platform (using Rails 4.2).
• vglist - A video game library tracking web app (using Rails 6.0). -
• websiteOne - A project tracking app (using Rails 5.2). -
• whitehall - A content management app used by UK government - using Rails 5.1

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Gems

[] : RubyGems link of gems

• rails - A full-stack web development framework

Direct dependencies of the "rails" gem:

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

Other gems that can be used with Rails

• ace-rails-ap - A gem to integrate ajax.org cloud9 editor into Rails asset pipeline.
• action_policy - A tool to handle authorization.
• active_decorator - A gem to keep views & helpers object-oriented.
• active_enum - A gem to provide enum classes
• activeadmin - A gem to provide admin panel.
• activerecord-analyze - A gem to add EXPLAIN ANALYZE to Rails Active Record query objects.
• activerecord-import - A gem to handle bulk data insertion using ActiveRecord.
• activerecord-pg_enum - A gem to integrate PostgreSQL's enumerated types with the Rails enum feature.
• activerecord-postgis-adapter - ActiveRecord connection adapter for PostGIS.
• activerecord-postgres_enum - A gem to adds migration and schema.rb support to PostgreSQL enum data types.
• activerecord-sqlserver-adapter - ActiveRecord connection adapter for the SQL Server.
• activerecord-typedstore - A gem to implement ActiveRecord::Store with type definition.
• activity_notification - A gem to integrate user activity notification.
• aggregate_root - A gem to handle event sourcing.
• ahoy_email - A tool to provide mail analytics.
• algoliasearch-rails - A gem to integrate Algolia search.
• annotate - A gem to annotate rails classes with schema & routes info.
• anycable-rails - A gem to handle websocket server.
• apipie-rails - A REST API documentation tool.
• auther - A gem to provide simple, form-based authentication.
• autoprefixer-rails - A gem to add vendor prefixes to stylesheets.
• avo - Configuration-based, no-maintenance, extendable Ruby on Rails admin panel. rubygems
• better_errors - A tool to provide better error page.
• brakeman - A gem to scan code against security vulnerabilities.
• breadcrumbs_on_rails - A gem to create & manage breadcrumbs-style navigation.
• bulma-rails - A wrapper for Bulma, a CSS framework based on flexbox.
• cancancan - A gem to handle authorization.
• carrierwave - A gem to handle file uploads.
• caxlsx_rails - A gem to generate entity-relationship diagram.
• counter_culture - A gem to provide counter caches.
• devise - A gem to provide authentication.
• doorkeeper - A gem to introduce OAuth2 provider functionality.
• draper - A gem to add presentation logic.
• factory_bot_rails - A fixture replacement for testing in Rails
• filestack-rails - A gem to integrate Filestack.
• formtastic - A Rails form builder gem with semantically rich and accessible markup.
• friendly_id - A gem to deal with slugs & permalinks.
• frozen_record - A gem to provide ActiveRecord-like interface to query static YAML files.
• geokit-rails - A gem to integrate Geokit in Rails apps.
• good_job - A gem to provide Postgres-based ActiveJob backend.
• gretel - A tool to generate breadcrumbs.
• groupdate - A gem to manage temporal data.
• hotwire-rails - A gem to integrate Hotwire in Rails apps.
• image_optim_rails - A gem to handle image optimization.
• js-routes - A tool to generate all Rails routes as JavaScript helpers.
• kaminari - A gem to provide pagination.
• kt-paperclip - A gem to handle file uploads.
• lockbox - A gem to deal with encryption.
• lograge - A gem to customize logger in Rails apps.
• mailkick - A tool to handle mail unsubscriptions.
• marginalia - A gem to attach comments to ActiveRecord's SQL queries.
• metka - A gem to manage tags using Postgresql array columns.
• money-rails - A gem to integrate Money gem in Rails apps.
• paloma - A gem to manage page-specific JavaScript in Rails apps.
• pgcli-rails - A replacement of rails:dbconsole command to manage Postgresql.
• premailer-rails - A gem to handle email styling.
• prerender_rails - A gem to prerender JavaScript-rendered pages.
• rails-erd - A gem to generate entity-relationship diagram.
• rails-settings-cached - A gem to manage global settings as key-value pairs.
• rails_admin - A gem to create & manage admin panel for Rails app.
• rails_event_store - A gem to implement event store in Rails
• rails_semantic_logger - A gem to provide alternative logging approach for Rails app.
• ranked-model - A gem to handle sorting for rows.
• ransack - A gem to provide search functionality.
• react-rails - A gem to integrate React.js with Rails app.
• redisWebManager - Web interface that allows you to manage easily your Redis instance.
• reform-rails - A gem to wrap Reform gem, a form validation tool, with Rails app.
• rgeo-activerecord - A gem to provide common tools used by RGeo-based spatial adapters.
• rodauth-rails - A gem to wrap Rodauth, an authentication handler, for Rails apps.
• rollup - A gem to handle time-series data in Rails
• route_translator - A tool to handle route translation.
• rspec-rails - A testing framework.
• rubocop-rails - A code style checking tool.
• scenic - A gem to manage database views.
• searchkick - A gem to provide search functionality.
• select2-rails - A gem to integrate Select2 library in Rails apps.
• sequel-activerecord_connection - A gem to allow Sequel to reuse an ActiveRecord connection.
• simple_form - A gem to handle forms.
• solidus - A fork of Spree gem, an open source e-commerce platform.
• sorbet-rails - A gem to integrate Sorbet gem in Rails apps.
• spree - An open source e-commerce platform.
• spring - A gem to preload Rails app.
• sprockets - A gem to compile & serve web assets.
• stimulus-rails - A gem to integrate Stimulus.js in Rails apps.
• tinymce-rails - A gem to integrate Tinymce in Rails apps.
• transloadit-rails - A gem to integrate Transloadit's file uploading and encoding service.
• trove - A gem to handle machine learning models deployment.
• turbo-rails - A gem to integrate Turbo.js in Rails apps.
• view_component - A gem to introduce view components.
• webpacker - A gem to bundle web assets using Webpack.
• zeitwerk - A gem to handle thread-safe code loading.

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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.
• 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-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. railsnew.io has a generator listed in the generators section.
• 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 .

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Generators

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DevTools

• rails-dashboard - A dev-tool to improve your rails log.
• Optic - Optic automatically documents and tests your APIs.

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