Starter path
Start a new Rails + React app
Use the create-app and quick-start docs first, then compare the maintained starter repos for SSR + HMR or React on Rails Pro + RSC.
Open starter docsExamples, demos, and migration references
Use the maintained public repos when you evaluate React on Rails.
This catalog exists to make adoption easier: choose the path that matches your app, use the current example repos, and ignore historical artifacts unless you are doing archaeology.
Start with the right path
Choose the guide that matches your evaluation or migration goal.
Migration path
Move from react-rails
Use the migration guide together with the maintained migration reference repos instead of reconstructing the process from older blog posts.
Use the migration guidePro path
Evaluate React on Rails Pro + RSC
Start with the OSS vs Pro guide, then use the public RSC demos to judge where the added complexity pays for itself.
Compare OSS and ProStarters
Current starting points
These are the best public repos to start from when you want a maintained reference instead of a historical artifact.
SSR + HMR tutorial demo
react-on-rails-demo-ssr-hmr
Maintained Rails + React + SSR + HMR tutorial repo. This is the reference behind the tutorial and Webpack customization guidance.
OSSSSRHMR
Open repositoryReact on Rails Pro + RSC starter
react-on-rails-rsc-demo
Minimal public sample for React Server Components with React on Rails Pro. Use this when you want the smallest current RSC starting point.
ProRSCStarter
Open repositoryMigrations
Adoption and migration references
Use these when your question is not “how do I start?” but “how do I move an existing app?”
react-rails migration example
react-on-rails-example-migration
Focused migration reference showing the shape of moving from react-rails into React on Rails.
OSSMigration
Open repositoryOpen Flights migration example
react-on-rails-example-open-flights
Larger migration reference that shows React on Rails replacing react-rails in a more realistic app.
OSSMigrationApp
Open repositoryReact on Rails Pro
RSC and performance demos
These public demos use React on Rails Pro and React Server Components. Reach for them when the conversation is about measured user-visible wins.
Hacker News RSC demo
react-on-rails-demo-hacker-news-rsc
Compact public demo of React on Rails Pro + React Server Components on a familiar read-heavy UI.
ProRSCDemo
Open repositoryMarketplace RSC performance demo
react-on-rails-demo-marketplace-rsc
Public performance-oriented RSC demo showing the shape of the user-visible improvement on a marketplace-style surface.
ProRSCPerformance
Open repositoryGumroad-style comparison demo
react-on-rails-demo-gumroad-rsc
Benchmark-oriented comparison between an Inertia-style surface and a React on Rails Pro + RSC surface on the same product domain. ShakaCode-built demo, not an official Gumroad integration.
ProRSCBenchmark
Open repositoryLegacy
Historical full-app reference
This repo is still useful when you want to see an older production-style app, but it is no longer the recommended starting point for new work.
react-webpack-rails-tutorial
react-webpack-rails-tutorial
Older full-app reference with a live demo at reactrails.com. Keep this for historical context rather than as the primary starter.
LegacyFull App
Open repositorySource of truth
Use the docs for taxonomy and this page for curation.
The canonical docs page for repo taxonomy lives in Examples and migration references. This page is the marketing-forward catalog of the public repos we want people to find first.