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, learning, gem, open source, and podcast.
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
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
Question
: "Anyone here got a job at big companies / startups as Juniors by knowing Rails?"
9 posts
#2
Learning
: "When broadcasting a Turbo refresh is not enough: faster UX with versioned immediate updates"
9 posts
#3
Gem
: "A big thank you to ahoy_matey team"
7 posts
#4
Open source
: "Solid Queue with PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY"
4 posts
#5
Podcast
: "🎙️ Remote Ruby – MCP Implementations and Rails World Preparations"
4 posts
#6
Deployment
: "lobste.rs Successfully Migrated from MariaDB to Sqlite3"
3 posts
#7
Tutorial
: "PSA for the other three guys using HAML and nested russian-doll caching in views"
3 posts
#8
News
: "Rails World 2026 — Agenda"
3 posts
#9
Architecture
: "Trial users turned our "email this invoice" feature into a spam relay - the Rails hardening we shipped over a weekend"
2 posts
#10
Help
: "How to land my first Job in rails?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/rails
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Last updated: September 3, 2026