Our preferred list of commonly used Ruby gems, tools & services we like to use for our Rails platforms.
๐ 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 Storage
Rails 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 ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
Name
Details
Pricing
Cloudflare
DNS service with request monitoring, DDoS protection and other security features.
from $0/mo
HoneyBadger
Production app monitoring, crash reporting & notifications.
from $0/mo
Skylight
App performance monitoring & insights to optomise for faster app response.
from $20/mo
Papertrail
Server logs archive and management.
from $8/mo
Lograge
Tame Rails' request logging.
Lograge::Sql
Extension to Lograge gem for taming SQL queries.
Logstop
Remove personally identifiable information (PII) out of logs.
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 ๐ค
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.
ActsAsParanoid
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 ๐จโ๐ผ
Name
Details
Pricing
Rubocop
Ruby static code analyzer and code formatter. Install auto-correct plugin in your code editor.
Code Climate
Automated code review. Setup Rubycop, Breakman and other code review plugins via Code Climate 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.