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 question, open source, news, discussion, 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
15 reviews
#1
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
3.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
TipTap
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Froala
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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
Question
: "StreamVault - a self-hosted media streaming app built with Rails 8 + Hotwire + FFmpeg (just open-sourced)"
15 posts
#2
Open source
: "My tiny Rails gem just crossed 50k downloads. Feeling grateful to this community."
8 posts
#3
News
: "FYI a malicious attack on Rubygems is happening right now, service may be intermittent"
7 posts
#4
Discussion
: "rails is still the fastest way to go from idea to paying customers and my latest side project proved it again"
6 posts
#5
Tutorial
: "The Complete Guide to Deploying Rails 8 with Kamal, SQLite, and Hetzner - from bare server to production"
5 posts
#6
Learning
: "Rails 8.2 adds this_week?, this_month?, and this_year? to Date and Time"
5 posts
#7
Help
: "Rating Distribution"
4 posts
#8
Deployment
: "lobste.rs Successfully Migrated from MariaDB to Sqlite3"
3 posts
#9
Podcast
: "DHH: Basecamp 5, Vibe Coding, and the Future of Rails"
2 posts
#10
Architecture
: "We built a multi-tenant invoicing SaaS - Rails 8 + Hotwire, PSD2 banking, AI document extraction, and an MCP platform coming in June"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/rails
Yearly
+5k members(7.5%)
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Last updated: August 7, 2026