rails/rails-dev-box resource

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Vagrant-based virtual machine that automates setup of a complete development environment for Ruby on Rails core development. It provisions Ruby, databases, and services needed to run the Rails test suites, not for building Rails applications.

Use cases

• set up an environment to hack on Rails core
• run the Rails test suite in an isolated VM
• work on a Rails pull request with all dependencies preinstalled
• avoid polluting the host machine with Rails dev dependencies
• configure RAM and CPUs for the Rails dev VM

When to choose

• you want to contribute to Ruby on Rails itself
• you need a reproducible environment with SQLite, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Memcached, and RabbitMQ for Rails tests
• you prefer editing on the host and testing inside a VM

When to avoid

• you are developing a Rails application rather than Rails core
• you already have a working local Ruby development setup
• you cannot use VirtualBox or Vagrant on your machine

Facets

infra-config · maturity active

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