# RailsApps/rails-composer

Rails Composer. The Rails generator on steroids for starter apps.

Repository: https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-composer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rails-composer
Homepage: http://www.railscomposer.com/
Language: Ruby
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-05-30T19:00:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5153, "days_push": 2652, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3361, forks 478 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:58.084532+00:00)

## What it is
Rails Composer is a Ruby-based generator that extends the standard Rails generator to produce full starter applications with authentication, testing, and other common setup preconfigured. It acts as 'the Rails generator on steroids' for bootstrapping new Rails projects quickly.

## Use cases
- generate a rails starter app with authentication
- bootstrap a new ruby on rails project quickly
- create a rails app with devise and rspec preconfigured
- scaffold a production-ready rails application
- set up a rails app with common gems and configuration
- kickstart a saas project in rails

## When to choose
- you are starting a new Rails application and want authentication, testing, and setup wired up automatically
- you want to skip repetitive Rails boilerplate configuration
- you want a curated, opinionated Rails starter stack

## When to avoid
- you are not using Ruby on Rails
- you need a fully minimal Rails app with no generated opinions
- you need actively maintained tooling with guaranteed updates, as the project has not released since 2019

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: boilerplate, build-tool, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, backend
- platform: ruby, cli, cross-platform
- tags: rails, app-generator, starter-apps, scaffolding, ruby-on-rails

## Member repositories
- RailsApps/rails-composer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:58.084532+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:40:20.939481+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://www.railscomposer.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:33:47.816111+00:00, sha c6c679674735)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.