Rails UI
Dev tools
ui component library
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
10 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 29 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Pricing: 2 for, 10 againstDesign: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 3 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 5 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fills a gap for Rails UI components
From 2 comments
This definitely does fill a gap that Rails has. I love using it but man I can't make a nice looking front end to save my life. We've used Tailwind UI a ton but thats kind of a…
jmuguy on HNI used this about a year ago when I went through a short Rails phase. I was a bit surprised not to see more Rails-specific UI libraries considering how batteries-included the…
redfloatplane on HN
Useful Rails-integrated components save time
From 1 comment
Hello fellow Houstonian! As someone who has used Stimulus and Hotwire since the early days of Rails 7, I don't really agree that it's 10-30x, because I wouldn't compare it to…
stephenhuey on HN
Objections
Subscription pricing is too high versus cheap themes or free alternatives
From 4 comments
It looks good, but I'll be honest, it's hard for me to consider $299/$799 if I can buy a beautiful theme off of somewhere like ThemeForest for $20 or $30 and toss it into an LLM…
bdcravens on HNPricing page if anyone else is curious: https://railsui.com/pricing "Solo" plan is $299/year (1 seat), "Team" plan is $799/year (30 seats), larger plans are "inquire now".
merelysounds on HN300$/year is the cheapest option for a solo dev? seriously?
izietto on HNFull-stack Rails has been my day job pretty much exclusively for almost twenty years now, for both long-term projects and one-offs in agency contexts. So I am generally…
janfoeh on HN
AI tools can generate similar designs now
From 3 comments
I've launched 3 Rails SaaS products in the last 6 months, all profitable. In the world of LLMs things like this feel less valuable. I can kick off a Claude Code prompt and in 1…
ChadMoran on HNi don't get these types of products anymore. i think they're useful in their own way, but i can literally create styles with claude/gemini in a heartbeat and not have to pay some…
volkk on HNI came here to say: Is someone going to tell him? Glad I’m not the only one to be like “Wait.. I can do this with an agent in no time”. In fact, armed with Context7, Claude could…
reactordev on HN
Broken mobile and Safari behaviour
From 2 comments
If you’re showing off a UI framework, I shouldn’t be accidentally scrolling left and right on the page on mobile / my iPhone. Couldn’t be bothered to scroll down the page to look…
samtheprogram on HNBroken in Safari on iphone. For example: - table background moves left when table is scrolled horizontally - actions in table and dropdown do nothing on tap - text on buttons is…
piskov on HN
Tailwind dependency and latest-Rails-only restriction
From 2 comments
Full-stack Rails has been my day job pretty much exclusively for almost twenty years now, for both long-term projects and one-offs in agency contexts. So I am generally…
janfoeh on HNIs this another Tailwind wrapper? Yes, it is.
microflash on HN
Requests
Fix mobile horizontal scrolling and Safari bugs
From 2 comments
If you’re showing off a UI framework, I shouldn’t be accidentally scrolling left and right on the page on mobile / my iPhone. Couldn’t be bothered to scroll down the page to look…
samtheprogram on HNBroken in Safari on iphone. For example: - table background moves left when table is scrolled horizontally - actions in table and dropdown do nothing on tap - text on buttons is…
piskov on HN
Stop the carousel autorotation on the homepage
From 2 comments
Looks great, and honestly not sure why something like this doesn't come out of the box in rails (it includes the kitchen sink for the most part sans ui) One suggestion I'd make…
drzaiusx11 on HNHmm, Rails, I wonder if the UI will work well. I open https://railsui.com/components. I click on the different components. They switch to a random component after a while. My…
xixixao on HN
More distinctive designs with dimension and gradients
From 2 comments
This is interesting to me as someone who worked with Rails a good deal back in the day and has interest in picking it back up. Any chance of some themes that bring in a little…
cosmic_cheese on HNI'm so tired of this kind of design -- that basic dev tool splash page/Tailwind-y/Shadcdn UI thing that's just seemingly everywhere nowadays. It's so basic and tired, like…
rewgs on HN
Clearer pricing link and perpetual license option
From 1 comment
Full-stack Rails has been my day job pretty much exclusively for almost twenty years now, for both long-term projects and one-offs in agency contexts. So I am generally…
janfoeh on HN
Questions
Is it a Daisy UI equivalent for Rails?
From 1 comment
is this daisy for rails?
liveoneggs on HN
Is it drop-in and how generic is the CSS?
From 1 comment
I don't do a lot of rails, is this meant to be very drop-in? How generic is the CSS? Asking as a Django developer. ;)
giancarlostoro on HN
Alternatives named
Tailwind UI
From 2 comments
I think their comparison page does a good job of breaking down the differences (vs Tailwind UI that is) https://railsui.com/compare/tailwind-ui-vs-rails-ui
jmuguy on HNIt looks good, but I'll be honest, it's hard for me to consider $299/$799 if I can buy a beautiful theme off of somewhere like ThemeForest for $20 or $30 and toss it into an LLM…
bdcravens on HN
Free themes from ThemeForest with LLM conversion
From 1 comment
It looks good, but I'll be honest, it's hard for me to consider $299/$799 if I can buy a beautiful theme off of somewhere like ThemeForest for $20 or $30 and toss it into an LLM…
bdcravens on HN
Ruby UI and Rails blocks
From 1 comment
There are a bunch of those for free no ? Rails blocks (paid, about the same price as this Rails UI), Ruby UI (MIT licensed), I think I saw a couple more here.
bionsystem on HN
Flux UI for Laravel
From 1 comment
Laravel has - Flux UI [0] Personally though I use rails - I just opt for Bootstrap, otherwise just inertia + PrimeVue if you really wanna have dope components such as shad…
dzonga on HN