r/rails is a subreddit with 74k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests, and the community frequently discusses rails, ruby, struggling, gem, and framework, and they frequently recommend/review email provider, rich text editor, and hosting provider.
A subreddit for discussion and news about Ruby on Rails
Popular Themes in r/rails
#1
Solution Requests
: "UUID’s in Rails + SQLite shouldn’t be this hard (so I built a gem)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/rails
#1
Rails
: "I shipped my first side project with Rails, here is my tech stack"
255 posts
#2
Ruby
: "SF Ruby Conference Videos are out"
56 posts
#3
Struggling
35 posts
#4
Gem
: "UUID’s in Rails + SQLite shouldn’t be this hard (so I built a 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
#1
Postmark
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Sendgrid
2.3★ from 4 reviews
#3
Twilio/SendGrid
1.0★ from 1 review
Rich Text Editor
13 reviews
#1
Trix
3.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
TipTap
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Froala
2.0★ from 1 review
Hosting Provider
9 reviews
#1
Render
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Hatchbox
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Watch-list
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/rails
#1
Tutorial
: "The Complete Guide to Deploying Rails 8 with Kamal, SQLite, and Hetzner - from bare server to production"
8 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Got rejected for a senior role because I couldn't convert base 24 to base 10 in 30 minutes"
6 posts
#3
Learning
: "How We Improved Rails Response Times by 87%"
6 posts
#4
Gem
: "I built a gem that saves 12,000–35,000 tokens per AI session — makes Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot actually understand your Rails app"
6 posts
#5
Question
: "What are people deploying Rails on these days?"
6 posts
#6
Open source
: "My tiny Rails gem just crossed 50k downloads. Feeling grateful to this community."
4 posts
#7
Deployment
: "One server. Small business."
3 posts
#8
News
: "FYI a malicious attack on Rubygems is happening right now, service may be intermittent"
3 posts
#9
Architecture
: "The Rails developers' guide to mobile app frameworks"
2 posts
#10
Testing
: "I’ve built a simple social media platform using Rails."
1 post
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+5k members(7.7%)
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Last updated: June 28, 2026