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 About Rails Tabler Starter

Free and open source Ruby on Rails starter kit built using Tabler

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Web Self-hosted

Languages

Ruby

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Rails Tabler Starter

Skip the first 40 hours of setup. Build your product instead.

rails-tabler-starter is a production-ready boilerplate for developers who want a high-quality UI without the frontend fatigue. It uses a modern Rails 8 stack (Solid Queue, Solid Cache) and Tabler (Bootstrap 5) for a clean, professional dashboard out of the box.

The Goal

  1. Pure Rails: No proprietary DSLs or "magic". If you know Rails, you know this starter.
  2. Readability > Cleverness: Standard patterns over complex abstractions.
  3. Batteries Included: Authentication, Multi-tenancy, Blog, and UI components are pre-configured.

Why this starter?

  • Zero-Config UI: Tabler components integrated with Hotwire. Dark mode, responsive layouts, and dashboards work immediately.
  • Built-in Multi-Tenancy: "Spaces" support included. Switch between single-user and B2B SaaS modes via config.
  • Simplified Infrastructure: Built for Rails 8. Uses solid_queue and solid_cache—no Redis required for small-to-medium deployments.
  • Secure: Pre-loaded with Pundit (AuthZ), Devise (AuthN), and Brakeman security auditing.

The Stack

  • Core: Rails 8.0+, Ruby 3.3+, SQLite (Production-optimized).
  • Auth: Devise + OmniAuth (Google/GitHub).
  • UI: Tabler (Bootstrap 5) + Hotwire/Turbo.
  • Background Jobs: Solid Queue / Active Job.
  • Deployment: Pre-configured for Kamal, Fly.io, or Heroku.

Space Management & Architecture

The app uses a Space-based architecture for teams or organizations.

  • Standard Roles: Admin and Member roles per space.
  • Permissions: Built-in support for custom roles and granular access controls via Pundit.

Theming Engine

Overhaul the UI via the AppSettings singleton. No CSS hunting required. All settings are database-backed and can be modified at runtime.

Visual Configuration

Category Setting Options
Layout interface_layout VERTICAL, VERTICAL-TRANSPARENT, OVERLAP, CONDENSED, HORIZONTAL
Mode color_mode LIGHT, DARK
Primary Color color_scheme BLUE, AZURE, INDIGO, PURPLE, PINK, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, LIME, GREEN, TEAL, CYAN
Theme theme_base NEUTRAL, SLATE, ZINC, GRAY, STONE, PINK
Typography font_family SANS-SERIF, SERIF, MONOSPACE, COMIC
Shapes corner_radius 0 to 2

Logic Configuration

Setting Default Description
multi_tenant_mode true Toggle SaaS-style "Spaces" vs. a single-user app.
show_landing_page true Toggle the public marketing page.

Blog Engine

A file-based markdown blog is included out of the box. Posts live in content/blog/ as .md files with frontmatter:

---
title: My Post
summary: A brief description
date: 2024-01-15
author: Author Name
category: Tutorial
published: true
---

# My Post

Your content here...

Features:

  • Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting for code blocks
  • Categories and pagination
  • RSS feed at /blog/feed
  • SEO meta tags (Open Graph, Twitter Cards)
  • HTTP caching for fast page loads

⚡ Quick Start

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/tarunvelli/rails-tabler-starter.git my_app
cd my_app
bin/setup

# Start server
bin/dev

Promote User to Admin:

User.first.update(admin: true)

Contributing

  1. Fork it.
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/name).
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add feature').
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/name).
  5. Open a Pull Request.