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, architecture, and deployment.
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
15 reviews
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Postmark
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#2
Sendgrid
2.3★ from 4 reviews
#3
Twilio/SendGrid
1.0★ from 1 review
Rich Text Editor
13 reviews
#1
Trix
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TipTap
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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"
9 posts
#2
Question
: "StreamVault - a self-hosted media streaming app built with Rails 8 + Hotwire + FFmpeg (just open-sourced)"
7 posts
#3
Learning
: "Rails Nested Address Form Object With Aggregated ActiveModel Errors"
6 posts
#4
Architecture
: "Trial users turned our "email this invoice" feature into a spam relay - the Rails hardening we shipped over a weekend"
4 posts
#5
Deployment
: "A native MacOS App for Kamal"
2 posts
#6
Discussion
: "The View Layer Rails Couldn’t See"
2 posts
#7
News
: "Kaigi on Rails CFP is now open!"
2 posts
#8
Gem
: "irb-autosuggestions v0.2.2 — Tab/Ctrl+F/Ctrl+E to accept, custom ghost color, multiline fix"
2 posts
#9
Help
: "Carrierwave unable to process uploaded images when Rails app is running with Passenger for Nginx, but works with Apache"
2 posts
#10
Tutorial
: "How to Test File Uploads with Minitest Rails"
1 post
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Last updated: July 12, 2026