Show HN: Rails UI

i don't get these types of products anymore. i think they're useful in their own way, but i can literally create styles with claude/gemini in a heartbeat and not have to pay some insane fee.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by cousinbryce » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC

merelysounds wrote: post #4

arm32 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But this one costs $799 a year.

Pricing page if anyone else is curious: https://railsui.com/pricing "Solo" plan is $299/year (1 seat), "Team" plan is $799/year (30 seats), larger plans are "inquire now".

God grant me the confidence of whoever vibe coded this

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC

arm32 wrote: post #3

microflash wrote: post #2

Is this another Tailwind wrapper? Yes, it is.

But this one costs $799 a year.

Yes, for a 30-seat license.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 6:58 PM UTC

microflash wrote: post #2

Is this another Tailwind wrapper? Yes, it is.

Do you not use Tailwind? What is being wrapped? Designed and built this all as a Ruby gem, you can one-click install if you want to build prototypes with Rails even faster. I suppose you're not the target customer, but thanks for chiming in.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

volkk wrote: post #6

i don't get these types of products anymore. i think they're useful in their own way, but i can literally create styles with claude/gemini in a heartbeat and not have to pay some insane fee.

Fair enough. Yes, AI can one-shot a lot now, but I sort of think human-coded stuff has its place. Having done both, I'm most often cleaning up the AI UI that did a piss poor job. I'm sure it can improve in time, though. I built this to scratch my own itch as I'm doing a lot of 0-1 development on ideas.