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What is Ruby on Rails?

A Ruby-based framework bundling everything needed for web development: database management, templating engines, email delivery, real-time updates, async job handling, file storage, and built-in protections against common attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting.

Independently observed

Ruby on Rails pricing

We don't have Ruby on Rails's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Ruby on Rails does

The capabilities that matter for web frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Rendering model
Server-side
File-based routing
-
Language
Ruby
Rendering
Server components
-
Streaming SSR
-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
✓
DX
First-class TypeScript
✗
Fast refresh / HMR
-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • macOS
  • Web
  • Linux
  • Windows
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Self-hosted

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 18 (3 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

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Compare Ruby on Rails

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Ruby on Rails, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 67 / 100
medium · 52%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Dependent projects1000.088.0✓
Development activity630.127.6✓
Security score680.053.6✓
Stars900.033.0✓
Capabilities290.082.4✓
Integrations00.050.0-
Release cadence00.070.0-
Security posture50.090.0-
Package downloads00.170.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.080.0-

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All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars58,719highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos1,358,186highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesLanguage: Ruby · Rendering: ssr · Api routes: Yes · Typescript first: Nomediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryRubyhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Modelopen_sourcemediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60%
Scorecard6.8highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 18 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=activesupport&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: CRITICALhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%