The RailsNotes UI Starter Kit is a comprehensive Rails template that helps developers skip past the boilerplate setup and focus on building their unique features. It includes:
Authentication system with Devise, including email/password login, OAuth with Google and Github, and password resets
Billing integrations for Stripe and Paddle, with subscription tracking and webhook handling
Background job processing with Sidekiq and Redis, including a password-protected dashboard
Deployment configurations for Heroku, Hatchbox, and Render
Testing setup with both Minitest and RSpec options
Helpful extras like SEO tag helpers, setup scripts, OpenGraph images, and custom fonts
The starter kit is fully documented with detailed guides and walkthrough videos to ensure you never get stuck. You'll get direct access to the code via a private GitHub repository, allowing you to clone, customize, and build upon it for unlimited personal or client projects.
Updates and bug fixes are continuously released, and your one-time purchase gives you lifetime access to all improvements.
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.
Railnotes UI
What Railnotes UI-specific component architecture is used?
Railnotes UI boilerplates follow the framework's component composition patterns with reusable, atomic design components. They implement Railnotes UI'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 Railnotes UI's native features like hooks (React), composition API (Vue), or directives (Angular).
Paddle
What Paddle API features are implemented?
Paddle boilerplates implement the provider's complete API suite including checkout sessions, subscription lifecycle management, customer portal, webhook event handling, and invoice generation. They use Paddle's latest API version with proper error handling, idempotency keys, and retry logic. The integration includes Paddle-specific features like payment intents, setup intents, subscription schedules, and tax calculation APIs.
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.
Railnotes UI
How is state management handled in Railnotes UI boilerplates?
Railnotes UI 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 Railnotes UI's patterns for global state, local component state, and server state synchronization.
Paddle
How are Paddle webhooks handled securely?
Paddle webhooks are verified using the provider's signature validation to prevent spoofing attacks. The boilerplate includes webhook endpoints with proper Paddle signature verification, event type filtering, and idempotent event processing to handle duplicate deliveries. Events are processed asynchronously with retry logic, and the implementation handles Paddle's specific webhook events like subscription updates, payment failures, and customer changes.
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.
