Rails application boilerplates
Open source
- Feb 2026 — shakacode/react_on_rails
- Feb 2026 — alec-c4/kickstart
- Feb 2026 — rootstrap/rails_api_base
- Feb 2026 — bullet-train-co/bullet_train
- Feb 2026 — yshmarov/moneygun
- Jan 2026 — ralixjs/rails-ralix-tailwind
- Jan 2026 — lewagon/rails-templates
- Jan 2026 — mattbrictson/nextgen
- Jan 2026 — ackama/rails-template
- Jan 2026 — newstler/template
- Jan 2026 — tarunvelli/rails-tabler-starter
- Sep 2025 — yatish27/shore
- May 2025 — ryanckulp/speedrail
- Feb 2025 — excid3/gorails-app-template
- Feb 2024 — pch/rails-boilerplate
- Oct 2023 — hanwenzhang123/react-on-rails-boilerplate
- Sep 2023 — vinhmai570/rails_boilerplate
- excid3/jumpstart
- Apr 2020 — zarinn3pal/rails6_boilerplate
- Jan 2019 — mdegis/rails_boilerplate
Paid
Common features
After analyzing multiple Rails boilerplates, these are the minimal features they all share:
| Feature | Common Choice | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | Devise | Often with OmniAuth for social logins |
| Authorization | Pundit | Role-based access control |
| Testing | RSpec | With FactoryBot, system specs |
| Code Quality | RuboCop | Plus ERB linting, Brakeman |
| Background Jobs | Sidekiq/Solid Queue | Async processing |
| CSS Framework | Tailwind CSS | Some use Bootstrap |
| Security Scanning | Brakeman | Static analysis |
| Deployment | Multiple | Render, Heroku, Fly.io, Kamal |
Most boilerplates also include:
- Multi-tenancy (teams/organizations)
- Stripe payment integration
- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Modern frontend (Hotwire/Turbo)