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 discussion, news, question, help, and gem.
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
Discussion
: "Best response I’ve read so far!"
19 posts
#2
News
: "DHH's presentation has AI slop bugs. GPT-6 was not released in 2006"
2 posts
#3
Question
: "Might be downvoted hard for this. DHH has a point... but ... but"
2 posts
#4
Help
: "Let's start a machine language framework!"
2 posts
#5
Gem
: "💎"
1 post
#6
Learning
: "Session storage for profile_id"
1 post
#7
Tutorial
: "Smart avatar cropping in rails: face detection with YuNet, ONNX runtime and ActiveStorage"
1 post
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Yearly
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Last updated: October 1, 2026