Top 50 Ruby on Rails Websites

by Stuart

We’re big fans of Ruby on Rails here at Store Crowd, we’re using it ourselves in alpha development. We thought it’d be great to honor all the great ROR websites out there online to show you some of the power & possibility this amazing language has.

Twitter – Social Networking

Yellow Pages – Online Directory

Scribd – Document Sharing

Hulu – Tv & Video Streaming

Blinksale – Online Invoicing

Crunchbase – Company Profiler

Justin.tv – Live Video Streaming

Slideshare – Presentation Sharing

Medhelp – Social Health Community

Funny Or Die – Video Humor Website

Github – Social Coding

Odeo – TV Streaming

Jango – Music/Internet Radio

Mog – Music Newspaper

Mog

43Places – Social Destination Sharing

43Things – Social Todo Lists

Lighthouse – Bug/Issue Tracking

Shopify – Hosted Ecommerce Solutions

Kongregate – Flash Games

iLike – Music Social Network

Streeteasy – New York Real Estate

A List Apart – Online Design Magazine

MTV Style – Fashion/Design Portal

Jobster – Job Board

Icon Buffet – Stock Icons

Get Satisfaction – Customer Feedback

Soundcloud – Music Sharing

Crazy Egg – Analytics/Visualisation

Teenormous – T-Shirts

Searchles – Social Search

Pitchfork – Music Reviews

Userscripts – Browser Addons

JobScore – Job Marketing Platform

Corkd – Wine Social Network

Customize – Desktop Customisation

Chow – Food & Recipes

CourseAdvisor – College Search

Ziki – Business to Business Marketplace

Spock – People Search

Penny Arcade – Online Comic

Geni – Family Tree/Genealogy Network

Blingee – Social Network Glitter Graphics

RedBubble – Social Art Community

Highrise – Lead Tracking / CRM

Fanpop – Fan Clubs

Fanpop

Campfire – Business Group Chat

Onehub – Online Collaboration

Gist – Social Email

Rate my Area – Social Mapping Network

Smart.fm – Lists

Update: Removed Linkedin (Ruby was used for their Bumper Sticker App tho), Last.fm & Aboutus.org based on feedback. Thanks guys.

If you enjoyed this post & want to get hands on with Rails yourself check out our followup post with the Top 50 Ruby on Rails Tutorials to get started with.

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  • I think that GitHub is made with sinatra, not rails.
  • Hi Kirk, there's quote from Chris on the technology used:

    GitHub is mostly implemented in Rails. The post-commit integration mini-apps we're working on are all written in Merb, we use the Python Pygments for syntax highlighting, and we use Ara T. Howard's Bj plus some Ruby scripts for our queueing system. And, of course, we use the Ruby Grit library to interface with Git.
  • Shouldn't Basecamp be on this list?

    Micky
  • Tom
    Thanks for adding Teenormous.com to your list. We are honored to be in such great company!
  • Hey!
    You missed the website of the UK's largest online florist - Arena Flowers - pure unadulterated Ruby!
    Stan x
  • Barren Wuffet
    Is Last.fm really a Rails web site?

    Last time I checked they where hiring PHP coders. Also, if one look at the HTML output I don't see any evidence for a Rails back-end.

    But, I hope I'm wrong. :) I love working with Ruby on Rails sooo much. I really hope it will be industry standard over spaghetti-PHP soon!
  • Stuart
    Thanks for the comment Barren, we'll definitely check it out. I'm sure they run off a C++ Backend but the URL structure itself screams Rails.

    Can anyone confirm so we can update the list?
  • URLs like this one would suggest php.

    http://www.last.fm/delivery.php?id=3704
  • MicroPlace is a microfinance site with the mission of helping alleviate poverty. It belongs to eBay and it's 100% rails.
  • Just wanted to mention Gusto.com is an online travel site - with reviews and other ways to share your travel experiences - is built using Ruby on Rails.
  • Woices also proudly runs on RoR :D


    Woices is a free internet service that allows people to create, share and consume echoes, audio records that are linked to a very specific geographical location or real-world object.
  • Stuart
    Thanks for the feedback guys, updated Linkedin with Highrise :)
  • What's this based on? I'm fairly positive Last.fm is PHP. This list would be more reliable if it included a reference section; cite your sources.
  • http://rails100.pbwiki.com/ has a list of the top 100 ruby sites by traffic. Not completely accurate because sites have to add themselves to be counted, but it's a good start.
  • BuchGesichter is a German book community that runs on RoR.
  • http://sensei.zenunit.com/ is a Rails site developed to help people build Rails sites through videos - has some other videos on there, too...
  • This list is great! Just wanted to let you know that HitFix.com is built using Ruby on Rails.... we love Rails
  • Ali
    Also Balatarin.com, the most visited site in Persian community which played and still plays a key role for anti regime protest in Iran after election.
  • merda_schifosa
    There's something like that about python sites?
  • Chris
  • ratnamraju
    i feel very happy about this article becuase im ruby on rails developer, really i surprised about these top 50 sites,
    how great these sites developed in ruby on rails

    our company name nyrostechnologies, india
    home product is www.inkakinada.com this is purely developed in ruby on rails

    thanks
  • John Francis
    www.globrix.com must rank quite highly in this list

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