RailsMaker

Ship Rails apps quickly

An opinionated Rails 8 generator — perfect for indie hackers craving full control, low operational hassle and quick iteration Self-host your app and save 20+ hours of setup

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From idea to product in no time

Sensible defaults

A minimal self-hosted Rails stack prepared for quick iteration

Quick Setup

  • Scaffolds a Rails 8 app — ready to be deployed
  • Authentication with Clearance and OmniAuth
  • Self-hosted Docker Registry

Opinionated defaults

  • Tailwind 4 and DaisyUI 5 for a modern look
  • SQLite with S3 backups through Litestream
  • Bun for your JS bundles

3rd party services

  • Self-hosted Signoz and Plausible CE setup
  • Error tracking with Sentry
  • Mailjet for emails (6k/mo for free)
Launch mockup app Note: The generator only creates a minimal UI like the demo above — so you can build your site on top of it

Self-hosted O11y and Analytics

analytics.yourapp.com
Plausible Analytics Dashboard
metrics.yourapp.com
SigNoz Dashboard
Time
< 1h
The first run
Dependencies
14
Non-rails gems
Features
20+
You might need

Spin up your app now 🚀

gem install railsmaker-core
1 gem installed
railsmaker new --name sample-app \
          --docker dockerusernme \
          --ip 123.123.123.123 \
          --domain example.com \
          --analytics analytics.example.com \
          --bucketname example-s3-bucket-name
Successfully generated RailsMaker template 🎉
kamal setup
Deployed at 123.123.123.123 🚀
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