Self-hosted software built with Ruby

38 projects in the catalogue run on Ruby. Ordered by health score.

Runtime matters when you are consolidating: services sharing a runtime are usually easier to host on one machine. As a rough guide, Ruby services here start around 1 GB of RAM each — an estimate from the runtime, not a benchmark.

OpenProject
Thriving · 94

Manage your projects, tasks and goals. Collaborate via work packages and link them to your pull requests on Github.

★ 16k Ruby, deb v17.8.0
Spree Commerce
Thriving · 94

Spree is a complete, modular & API-driven open source e-commerce solution for Ruby on Rails.

★ 16k Ruby v6.0.0.beta4
Mastodon
Thriving · 93

Federated microblogging server.

★ 50k Ruby v4.7.2
Chatwoot
Thriving · 92

Customer communication platform (alternative to Intercom and Zendesk).

★ 37k Ruby, Docker v4.18.0
One Time Secret
Thriving · 91

Share sensitive information securely with self-destructing links that are only viewable once.

★ 2.9k Docker, Ruby v0.26.13
Open Food Network
Thriving · 82

Online marketplace for local food. It enables a network of independent online food stores that connect farmers and food hubs with individuals and local businesses.

★ 1.3k Ruby v5.7.14
Password Pusher
Healthy · 81

Dead-simple application to securely communicate passwords (or text) over the web. Passwords automatically expire after a certain number of views and/or time has passed.

★ 3.2k Docker, K8S v2.14.0
Octobox
Healthy · 79

Take back control of your GitHub Notifications.

★ 4.5k Ruby, Docker
qpixel
Healthy · 76

Q&A-based community knowledge-sharing software.

★ 441 Ruby v0.13.0
Zammad
Healthy · 76

Easy to use but powerful support and ticketing system.

★ 6k Ruby, deb
Solidus
Healthy · 75

Ecommerce platform that gives you complete control over your store.

★ 5.3k Ruby, Docker v4.7.1
Huginn
Healthy · 70

Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf.

★ 50k Ruby v2026.09.22
Standard Notes
Healthy · 69

Simple and private notes app. Protect your privacy while getting more done. That's Standard Notes.

★ 6.6k Ruby
ArchivesSpace
Healthy · 68

Archives information management application for managing and providing Web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects.

★ 439 Ruby v4.2.1
Keygen
Healthy · 68

Software licensing and distribution API.

★ 1.6k Ruby v1.7.0
Samvera Hyrax
Healthy · 68

Front-end for the Samvera framework, which itself is a Ruby on Rails application for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital repositories.

★ 201 Ruby
hitobito
Steady · 67

Manage complex group hierarchies with members, events and a lot more.

★ 479 Ruby v2.10.0
Canvas LMS
Steady · 66

Learning management system (LMS) that is revolutionizing the way we educate.

★ 6.8k Ruby
OpenStreetMap
Steady · 66

Collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world.

★ 2.8k Ruby
ACP Admin
Steady · 59

CSA administration. Manage members, subscriptions, deliveries, drop-off locations, member participation, invoices and emails (documentation in French).

★ 80 Ruby
Overleaf
Steady · 58

Web-based collaborative LaTeX editor.

★ 18k Ruby v0.1.3
Postal
Steady · 55

Complete and fully featured mail server for use by websites & web servers.

★ 17k Docker, Ruby v3.3.7
Black Candy
Steady · 52

Music streaming server.

★ 4.4k Docker, Ruby v3.2.1
Stringer
Steady · 52

Work-in-progress self-hosted, anti-social RSS reader.

★ 4.1k Ruby
Foodsoft
Slowing · 48

Manage a non-profit food coop (product catalog, ordering, accounting, job scheduling).

★ 359 Docker, Ruby v4.9.2
diaspora*
Slowing · 47

Distributed social networking server.

★ 14k Ruby v0.9.1.0
Haven
Slowing · 40

Private blogging system with markdown editing and built in RSS reader.

★ 804 Ruby
Sharetribe
Slowing · 39

Platform to create your own peer-to-peer marketplace, also available with SaaS model.

★ 2.4k Ruby v14.0.0
Publify
Slowing · 37

Simple but full featured web publishing software.

★ 1.9k Ruby v10.0.1
osem
At risk · 32

Event management tailored to free Software conferences.

★ 927 Ruby, Docker v1.0
Tracks
At risk · 22

Web-based application to help you implement David Allen’s Getting Things Done™ methodology.

★ 1.2k Ruby v2.7.1
EveryDocs
At risk · 15

Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally.

★ 416 Docker, Ruby v1.0
GitLab
Unrated

Self Hosted Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis.

Ruby, deb v18.11.0
Kanban Tool
Unrated

Advanced Kanban boards with time tracking.

Ruby
Noosfero
Unrated

Platform for social and solidarity economy networks with blog, e-Portfolios, CMS, RSS, thematic discussion, events agenda and collective intelligence for solidarity economy in the same system.

Ruby
Redmine
Unrated

Flexible project management web application.

Ruby
Schleuder
Unrated

GPG-enabled mailing list manager with resending-capabilities.

Ruby
Yeti-Switch
Unrated

Transit class4 softswitch(SBC) with integrated billing and routing engine and REST API.

C++, Ruby