Show HN: Rails UI • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by brooke2k » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC

maybe I'm just dumb but a lot of these elements don't seem to work? the "..." buttons don't open any flyout, the dropdown doesn't open up...

otherwise looks cool though

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by fogzen » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:22 PM UTC

I wish I could use this – unfortunately UI frameworks are a political problem at every company I've worked at. The designers feel undermined or threatened by it, and product owners want to dictate design. Despite the massive productivity benefits of a UI framework, I've never been able to convince stakeholders to actually adopt one.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:26 PM UTC

brooke2k wrote: post #21

maybe I'm just dumb but a lot of these elements don't seem to work? the "..." buttons don't open any flyout, the dropdown doesn't open up... otherwise looks cool though

Hey! A lot of the UI on the theme preview site and on railsui.com isn’t fully functional. It’s mostly there to show the design and layout of the components, not the underlying logic. The railsui gem itself has more complete, working components and pages.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by samtheprogram » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC

If you’re showing off a UI framework, I shouldn’t be accidentally scrolling left and right on the page on mobile / my iPhone. Couldn’t be bothered to scroll down the page to look at components while accidentally activating horizontal scrolling.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by css_apologist » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

justalever wrote: post #11

css_apologist wrote: post #5

ugh this looks dated even by 2016 standards when will developers learn UI actually matters bootstrap was a mistake, and lowered the bar for everyone

This you? https://flow-control.dev/

i wish :(

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC

fogzen wrote: post #22

I wish I could use this – unfortunately UI frameworks are a political problem at every company I've worked at. The designers feel undermined or threatened by it, and product owners want to dictate design. Despite the massive productivity benefits of a UI framework, I've never been able to convince stakeholders to actually adopt one.

Been there! I see this as a solo dev or small startup tool, great for building 0-1 ideas faster (which is what I use it for). Unless they’re working on greenfield apps, established teams probably aren’t the ideal fit.

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC

samtheprogram wrote: post #24

If you’re showing off a UI framework, I shouldn’t be accidentally scrolling left and right on the page on mobile / my iPhone. Couldn’t be bothered to scroll down the page to look at components while accidentally activating horizontal scrolling.

Will get this fixed, thanks!

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by piskov » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC

Broken in Safari on iphone. For example:

- table background moves left when table is scrolled horizontally

- actions in table and dropdown do nothing on tap

- text on buttons is selectable (really?)

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by agentifysh » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:41 PM UTC

im always surprised that Rails is still relevant

i havent used it since 2006 opting for php and django

i might give it another shot, any reason you like this more than django or other frameworks

Re: Show HN: Rails UI

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Post by justalever » Wed, Jan 21, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC

agentifysh wrote: post #29

im always surprised that Rails is still relevant i havent used it since 2006 opting for php and django i might give it another shot, any reason you like this more than django or other frameworks

In general, I like it for the speed. I can build an MVP in less than a weekend using Rails, Rails UI, and some AI for some one-shot copy and random repetitive stuff.

Under the hood, I like the Rails conventions and Ruby's beauty.