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24 alternatives to Ruby on Rails - The User Interface is the Exception State

Enterprise vs consumer applications & treating human UI as …

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ruby on Rails - The User Interface is the Exception State launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Rails UI▲208
AI writes your Rails code. Rails UI makes it look like a real product. Complete, coherent product flows for Rails SaaS: auth, dashboards, billing, and email, designed as one system.
Jan 2026 · railsui.com · its alternatives →
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UI Interactions▲440
The best UI Interactions for your inspiration, every day.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails - 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert▲73
Sam Lambert from GitHub shares how he chooses systems
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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The Informant▲70
Real-time usability monitoring for Rails apps
2014 · informantapp.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98
Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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UI Components▲325
Reusable React components to build apps with Auth0
2024 · auth0.com · its alternatives →
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User interfaces▲132
A daily delightful curation of User Interface animations.
2015 · userinterfaces.io · its alternatives →
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UI Parade▲137
User interface design tools and design inspiration
2014 · uiparade.com · its alternatives →
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Skylight▲94
A Smart Profiler (and much more) for Rails Apps
2015 · skylight.io · its alternatives →
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Upmin – An Admin Framework for Ruby on Rails▲140
2014 · upmin.com · its alternatives →
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Blueprint▲203
A React UI toolkit for the web
2016 · blueprintjs.com · its alternatives →
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iOS Human Interface Guidelines▲64
Apple's Design Principles and Guidelines for iOS
2016 · books.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67
DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"
2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
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Ruby on Rails Podcast - 201: API-first, planning-second▲91
Building REST API's with Rails
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
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The UI Audit▲105
Gain control of UI/UX issues in your web app
2016 · uibreakfast.com · its alternatives →
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Prelang▲82
Automatic Rails Development
2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →
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UI Breakfast Podcast #37: Customer Support Done Right with Alex Yumashev▲65
How to handle support in a human way (and who should do it)
2016 · uibreakfast.com · its alternatives →
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Apache Weex▲127
A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs
2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →
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Artoo▲61
Framework for physical devices written in Ruby
2015 · its alternatives →
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User Defenders: Design For Real Life▲54
Remain human in a robotic world and design with compassion.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Magnus UI▲106
A utility-first React Native UI framework
2020 · magnus-ui.com · its alternatives →
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FemgineerTV: Episode 6 - The Art vs. Science of User Experience Design▲63
Process behind products that delight users every single time
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Design Review - Ep. 43 - UI vs No UI▲69
Is no UI really the best design?
2016 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →
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Full Stack Radio - 27: Ben Orenstein ▲64
Talk about Outside-in TDD, Dependency Injection and Rails
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →

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