r/rails is a subreddit with 75k 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 learning, question, discussion, gem, and open source.
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
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
Learning
: "First time using Solid Queue, Rails 8 defaults on a 512 MB Render box were running 7 processes"
7 posts
#2
Question
: "I built my app with Hotwire because React felt like too much work. Now I saw Herb. Do we still need React?"
6 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Anyone else raise their hand when DHH asked, "Who doesn't use AI?""
5 posts
#4
Gem
: "Hibiki brings reactivity to Ruby and live pages to Rails"
5 posts
#5
Open source
: "I'm working on a set of security tools for Rails, and looking for honest feedback"
4 posts
#6
Help
: "Tests taking very long time"
3 posts
#7
Podcast
: "50 engineers, a Rails monolith, and no services/ folder"
1 post
#8
💼 jobs megathread
: "Work it Wednesday: Who is hiring? Who is looking?"
1 post
#9
News
: "DHH says agents write the code now. But who's in charge of the Markdown?"
1 post
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Last updated: October 29, 2026