r/rails is a subreddit with 74k members. The community frequently discusses rails, ruby, struggling, gem, and framework, and they frequently recommend/review email provider, rich text editor, and hosting provider, and the most common flair used is open source, question, learning, gem, and tutorial.
A subreddit for discussion and news about Ruby on Rails
Popular Topics in r/rails
#1
Rails
255 posts
#2
Ruby
56 posts
#3
Struggling
35 posts
#4
Gem
28 posts
#5
Framework
21 posts
#6
Hard
20 posts
#7
Development
19 posts
#8
Testing
13 posts
#9
React
13 posts
#10
Database
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/rails
Email Provider
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Postmark
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#2
Sendgrid
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#3
Twilio/SendGrid
1.0★ from 1 review
Rich Text Editor
13 reviews
#1
Trix
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#2
TipTap
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#3
Froala
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Hosting Provider
9 reviews
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Render
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Hatchbox
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Watch-list
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Flair Used in r/rails
#1
Open source
: "I forked Campfire and made it an alternative to Discord"
10 posts
#2
Question
: "StreamVault - a self-hosted media streaming app built with Rails 8 + Hotwire + FFmpeg (just open-sourced)"
9 posts
#3
Learning
: "When broadcasting a Turbo refresh is not enough: faster UX with versioned immediate updates"
8 posts
#4
Gem
: "A big thank you to ahoy_matey team"
7 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "PSA for the other three guys using HAML and nested russian-doll caching in views"
4 posts
#6
News
: "Rails World 2026 — Agenda"
4 posts
#7
Architecture
: "Trial users turned our "email this invoice" feature into a spam relay - the Rails hardening we shipped over a weekend"
4 posts
#8
Discussion
: "i introduced my friend to rails... now she is asking why nobody told her about it sooner"
3 posts
#9
Help
: "How to land my first Job in rails?"
3 posts
#10
Deployment
: "lobste.rs Successfully Migrated from MariaDB to Sqlite3"
2 posts
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Last updated: August 14, 2026