Our preferred list of commonly used Ruby gems, tools & services we like to use for our Rails platforms.
💎 Gems, Libraries & Services Pricing below are for a small to medium sized production application with more than 100 active users. Most external service's pricing are based on usage so will vary based on popularity of the app.
Name Details Pricing PostgreSQL Our primary SQL database for record storage. Redis Used for cache, jobs queue. Active StorageRails supported file record storage. Filestack We prefer Filestack to handle all security and manage the file upload experience where uploading files is a cruitial part of the application. from $49/mo
Application Monitoring 🕵️♂️ Name Details Pricing Sqreen Application level security platform. from $0/mo Rack::Attack Block and throttle abusive requests. Devise Security Devise gem extension to add additional security features for modern web applications. Lockbox Database fields encryption. Blind Index Securely search encrypted database fields. StrongPassword Password strength validation. Don't allow weak passwords. ValidEmail2 Validate email address, prevent disposable emails and blacklist domains.
User Accounts & Permissions 👤 Name Details Pricing Devise User authentication system. OmniAuth External provider authentication. e.g. Connect with Google, Facebook, etc. Pundit User authorization system. Pretender Login as any user in the platform as an admin.
Name Details Pricing FriendlyId Hide database row IDs and produce SEO friendly URLs. PaperTrail Track changes to our records for auditing and versioning. Paranoia Soft delete records. AASM State machine.
Name Details Pricing HAML HTML abstraction markup language to keep the code simple and indented like Ruby. SASS Rails built-in support for CSS with superpowers. Pagy Pagination. Simple Form Form components & styling. High Voltage Static pages. MetaTags Page titles, descriptions and meta tags for SEO. SitemapGenerator Generate sitemaps for search engines. Gon Pass data as variables from backend to Javascript. Hotwire: Turbo Speed of single-page web application. Hotwire: Stimulus Modest JavaScript framework for HTML.
Platform Administration 👨💼 Name Details Pricing Rubocop Ruby static code analyzer and code formatter. Install auto-correct plugin in your code editor. Deep Source Automated code review & static code analysis. Setup Rubycop, Breakman and other code review plugins for each PR. from $0/mo Strong Migrations Catch unsafe migrations in development. Bullet Improve app performance by reducing the number of queries it makes.
Name Details Pricing RSpec Testing framework. factory_bot Define model patters and strategies for testing. Faker Mock test data. Shoulda Matchers One-liner common Rails functionality tests helper. Capybara User acceptance testing by simulating how real users would interact with our app. GitHub Actions Continuous Integration (CI) setup for each PR. 3,000 mins/mo included with GitHub subscription.