Build and launch your Ruby on Rails app at lightning speed
Lightning Rails is a comprehensive Ruby on Rails boilerplate created specifically for indie makers, startups, and agencies looking to launch web applications quickly and cost-effectively. It eliminates repetitive boilerplate code, saving you 20+ hours of development time.
The boilerplate includes:
Style & Branding with 20+ themes and 15+ predesigned Tailwind components
Login & Signup with Devise integration and optional Magic Link setup
Payment processing with Stripe Checkout
Email integration with Postmark and Resend
Admin Dashboard powered by MotorAdmin
Image Hosting through Cloudinary
AI Integration with OpenAI
Icon Library Helpers using Lucide
SEO optimization with MetaTags
Ready-made Legal Pages
Access to a private community of Ruby on Rails makers
Lightning Rails follows the Le Wagon coding school methodology, prioritizing speed and simplicity while remaining affordable with a one-time purchase model.
Ruby excels in SaaS development due to its robust ecosystem, strong typing capabilities, and excellent library support. Ruby boilerplates leverage language-specific features to provide type-safe database queries, efficient API routing, and optimized runtime performance. The language's maturity means you get battle-tested packages for authentication, payment processing, and background jobs that integrate seamlessly.
Ruby on Rails
What Ruby on Rails-specific architecture patterns are implemented?
Ruby on Rails boilerplates leverage the framework's native architecture patterns including its routing system, middleware pipeline, and controller/handler structure. They implement Ruby on Rails's conventions for separating concerns, dependency injection, and service layer patterns. The codebase follows Ruby on Rails's best practices for organizing models, views/components, and business logic to ensure maintainability as your application grows.
DaisyUI
What DaisyUI-specific component architecture is used?
DaisyUI boilerplates follow the framework's component composition patterns with reusable, atomic design components. They implement DaisyUI's best practices for component structure, props handling, event management, and lifecycle methods. The component library includes authentication flows, dashboards, data tables, forms with validation, and navigation—all built with DaisyUI's native features like hooks (React), composition API (Vue), or directives (Angular).
Tailwind CSS
What Tailwind CSS-specific component architecture is used?
Tailwind CSS boilerplates follow the framework's component composition patterns with reusable, atomic design components. They implement Tailwind CSS's best practices for component structure, props handling, event management, and lifecycle methods. The component library includes authentication flows, dashboards, data tables, forms with validation, and navigation—all built with Tailwind CSS's native features like hooks (React), composition API (Vue), or directives (Angular).
Stripe
What Stripe API features are implemented?
Stripe boilerplates implement the provider's complete API suite including checkout sessions, subscription lifecycle management, customer portal, webhook event handling, and invoice generation. They use Stripe's latest API version with proper error handling, idempotency keys, and retry logic. The integration includes Stripe-specific features like payment intents, setup intents, subscription schedules, and tax calculation APIs.
Ruby
What Ruby-specific tools and libraries are included?
Ruby boilerplates include the language's most popular and production-proven tools. This typically includes testing frameworks, linters, formatters, build tools, and package managers specific to Ruby. You'll get pre-configured toolchains that enforce best practices, automated testing pipelines, and development environments optimized for Ruby development workflows.
Ruby on Rails
How does Ruby on Rails's ORM/database layer work in these boilerplates?
Ruby on Rails boilerplates use the framework's native ORM or query builder (Prisma, Eloquent, Active Record, SQLAlchemy, etc.) with pre-configured models for users, subscriptions, teams, and common SaaS entities. They include optimized queries, relationships, migrations, seeders, and database connection pooling. The implementation leverages Ruby on Rails's specific features like eager loading, query scopes, and transaction handling for performance.
DaisyUI
How is state management handled in DaisyUI boilerplates?
DaisyUI boilerplates use the framework's recommended state management approach—whether that's React Context + hooks, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Pinia (Vue), NgRx (Angular), or Svelte stores. They include pre-configured state slices for authentication, user data, subscriptions, and UI state with proper TypeScript typing. The implementation follows DaisyUI's patterns for global state, local component state, and server state synchronization.
Tailwind CSS
How is state management handled in Tailwind CSS boilerplates?
Tailwind CSS boilerplates use the framework's recommended state management approach—whether that's React Context + hooks, Redux Toolkit, Zustand, Pinia (Vue), NgRx (Angular), or Svelte stores. They include pre-configured state slices for authentication, user data, subscriptions, and UI state with proper TypeScript typing. The implementation follows Tailwind CSS's patterns for global state, local component state, and server state synchronization.
Stripe
How are Stripe webhooks handled securely?
Stripe webhooks are verified using the provider's signature validation to prevent spoofing attacks. The boilerplate includes webhook endpoints with proper Stripe signature verification, event type filtering, and idempotent event processing to handle duplicate deliveries. Events are processed asynchronously with retry logic, and the implementation handles Stripe's specific webhook events like subscription updates, payment failures, and customer changes.
