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24 alternatives to Developing with Vagrant

Use Vagrant for Rails development.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Developing with Vagrant launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SA
   Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial▲208

   2014 · softcover.io · its alternatives →

2. 2AR
   Automated Rails development with Prelang▲229

   2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Prelang▲82

   Automatic Rails Development

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Developing Rails API Applications▲9

   Learn to develop APIs using Rails 5

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   GitHub Project Management▲115

   No-fluff guide to building a collaborative development team

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6IM
   I'm writing a leanpub book - Upgrade to Rails 4▲29

   2013 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MA
   Metamon – A Vagrant/Ansible toolkit for kickstarting Django apps▲75

   2015 · blog.tryolabs.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Practicing Rails▲104

   Learn Rails without getting overwhelmed.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9VF
   Vagrantfile for every language – Looking for contributors▲20

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ruby on Rails Podcast - 201: API-first, planning-second▲91

    Building REST API's with Rails

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11IO
    I open sourced my eBook on upgrading to Rails 3▲44

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12DE
    Documentation Engine for Rails Apps▲25

    2014 · adamcooke.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Kickstart▲55

    Ruby on Rails application templates for smart developers

    2022 · its alternatives →

14. 14AB
    A book on Building API's with Rails▲8

    2014 · apionrails.icalialabs.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98

    Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Start Here: Ruby on Rails - How to Be A Successful Ruby on Rails Developer & The Advanced Beginner Trap▲57

    How to overcome the trap of the advanced beginner. 💪

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Programming React Native▲83

    Free eBook on cross platform mobile app development

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Painless Rails pre-launch▲6

    A book to fix your Rails code organization problems

    2018 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Master Ruby Web APIs▲64

    Learn everything about building web APIs with Ruby.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20OS
    Open-Source Rails Point of Sale▲27

    2014 · websitescenes.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21BD
    Bud – Django project template for quick deployment (Vagrant, Ansible)▲9

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22IW
    I wrote a book teaching web app development for non-programmers▲16

    Hey HN, I wrote a book teaching beginner web app development using Django, launching on May 4th (successfully Kickstarted last year.) Website: http://hellowebapp.com Highlights: - Aimed at people who have previous HTML/building websites experience. - Template-first development: see the web app as a website first, before setting up databases and models. - Generic “collection of things” tutorial. Readers are encouraged to create something using this rubric that means something to them (a blog, a directory of people, etc.) Adding creativity will make the material stick better. -…

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23IW
    I wrote a book on how to make iOS/Android apps with Ruby on Rails▲9

    Hi all! Joe Masilotti here. After 2+ years my book, "Hotwire Native for Rails Developers", is finally available for sale. It contains everything I know about building, shipping, and maintaining iOS and Android apps with Ruby on Rails and Hotwire Native. Always with one simple goal in mind: making it easier for Rails developers to build mobile apps. The book teaches you how to: - Build your first Hotwire Native apps on iOS & Android - Add navigation, modals, and native tab bars - Mix in native screens and components - Send and route push notifications - Ship to physical devices via TestFlight…

    Sep 2025 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24LJ
    Learn Java and More Online (My 1st real Rails app)▲15

    I've been working for about 8 months on http://www.Learneroo.com, a site to teach programming and more through challenges. I created the site and all the content on it, and I'm looking for some feedback. Thanks!

    2013 · its alternatives →

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