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Installation

Download Rails

Get Rails installed and set up on your system—Windows, macOS, or Linux.

Education

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Build an app and learn the basics of Rails with hands-on, step-by-step tutorials.

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Read the guides

Explore in-depth guides covering essential Rails features and built-in libraries.

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Reference

The API Documentation

The full framework reference, from A to Z for every piece of Rails.

Discussion

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Report issues, review code, or submit updates to the open source Rails project.

How did they do it?

See how some of the most successful online products used Rails to launch, scale, and thrive in a competitive world. Read these case studies to learn more:

👁 Doximity
👁 Doximity

More stories coming soon, but for now here's some of our friends who have used Rails to take their products from zero to enterprise:

👁 Basecamp
👁 HEY
👁 GitHub
👁 Shopify
👁 Instacart
👁 Dribbble
👁 Gusto
👁 Zendesk
👁 Square
👁 Kickstarter
👁 Heroku
👁 Cookpad
👁 Doximity
👁 Intercom
👁 Fleetio
👁 Lime
👁 FreeAgent
👁 Coinbase
👁 Procore
👁 AppSignal

URL: https://rubyonrails.org/docs

⇱ Ruby on Rails Documentation

Everything you need
to get building.

Get Started

Installation

Download Rails

Education

Follow a tutorial

Level Up

Read the guides

Dive Deeper

Reference

The API Documentation

Discussion

Join the conversation

Get Involved

Contribute to Rails

How did they do it?

URL: https://rubyonrails.org/docs

⇱ Ruby on Rails Documentation

Everything you need to get building.

Get Started

Installation

Download Rails

Education

Follow a tutorial

Level Up

Read the guides

Dive Deeper

Reference

The API Documentation

Discussion

Join the conversation

Get Involved

Contribute to Rails

How did they do it?

Everything you need
to get building.