# eliotsykes/real-world-rails

Real World Rails applications and their open source codebases for developers to learn from

Repository: https://github.com/eliotsykes/real-world-rails
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/real-world-rails
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, rails-application, real-world-rails, real-world, ruby-on-rails, examples, learning-rails
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-05-10T09:15:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4141, "days_push": 115, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1822, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.088542+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of 100+ real-world, open source Ruby on Rails applications and engines gathered via git submodules for developers to study. It includes inspector scripts (bin/rwr) for analyzing patterns across the collected codebases.

## Use cases
- learn ruby on rails from real production apps
- find example usage of a rails method or gem
- study how experienced developers write rails tests
- research naming conventions for rails models
- see examples of rails engines and view specs

## When to choose
- you learn best by reading real application code
- you want to survey patterns across many Rails apps
- you're researching Rails development practices

## When to avoid
- you need a tutorial or structured curriculum
- you're not working with Ruby on Rails
- you want a runnable starter template rather than reference code

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: web-development, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cli
- tags: ruby-on-rails, code-examples, open-source-codebases, learning, git-submodules

## Member repositories
- eliotsykes/real-world-rails (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.088542+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 2026-08-30T03:19:48.432931+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eliotsykes/real-world-rails (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.088542+00:00, sha 4fa691bfb5cc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.