# Ruby on Rails

Ruby web application framework with an ORM, routing, ERB views, background jobs and built-in deployment tooling.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/rails/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://rubyonrails.org
- repository: https://github.com/rails/rails
- docs: https://guides.rubyonrails.org
- x: https://x.com/rails
- discord: https://discord.gg/d8N68BCw49

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.2
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: sqlite, mysql, mariadb, postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: erb
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: gem install rails, rails new

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 58849
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 7094
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 106934
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/rails/rails (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/rails.json (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://rubyonrails.org/community (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190478 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/rails/rails (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/rails.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_basics.html (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_basics.html (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/install_ruby_on_rails.html (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/rails/rails (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/rails/rails (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/rails/rails/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/rails/rails/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/rails/rails (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/rails/rails/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Ruby on Rails is a Ruby framework for web applications, bundling an ORM, routing, ERB views and background jobs. A new application uses SQLite by default and can also run on MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL. Hotwire is the default front-end framework named on the homepage, and internationalization comes from the bundled Ruby i18n gem. Each new application includes a generated Dockerfile that uses Thruster to serve assets, and the bundled Kamal tool deploys the app as Docker containers to a server the user runs. The Rails Foundation, a US non-profit founded in 2022, supports the ecosystem. David Heinemeier Hansson created Rails.

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