Rails Blocks

Every month, Alex (the creator) saw amazing component libraries launch for React with beautiful dropdowns, smooth animations, and thoughtful interactions. He'd reach out to the creators: "Any plans for a Rails version?"

The answer was always the same: "Sorry, just React, Vue, and other JS frameworks."

Meanwhile, the Rails community (despite being an incredible ecosystem for shipping fast) was stuck choosing between:

Rails is phenomenal at helping you ship fast. But we don't have to sacrifice quality for speed.

Modern users expect interfaces that are both beautiful and functional.

So with his background (9 years as a designer / product manager, and years building SaaS products) he knew he could help.

He used Stimulus, Tailwind CSS, and a few other dependencies to create interactions that rival what you'd find in the React world.

He started building these components for my own apps in 2022. After months of refinement and real-world testing, he realized other Rails developers could benefit from them too.

Rails Blocks is my answer to the lack of interactive UI resources for Ruby on Rails. Each component is: