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Rails Frontend CLI is a command-line tool that enables fast and easy development of Rails projects for frontend developers and frontend coding with Rails enjoyable, even without prior knowledge of Ruby or Rails. I've created a free course on this topic. You can find the course on the GitHub homepage for this CLI.
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1.0.5
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1980-01-02
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1980-01-02
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Ruby
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MIT
Average date of last 50 commits
2025-12-28
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rake
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 Project Readme

Rails Frontend CLI

English | Türkçe

A CLI tool that makes frontend development with Rails incredibly easy, allowing you to enjoy Rails frontend coding without needing to know Ruby or Rails.

Documentation

For detailed usage guide, see USER_MANUAL.md

Rails Frontend Coding Course (Free)

📚 Course material (English) | 📚 Kurs materyali (Türkçe)

Features

✅ Compatible with Rails 7+
✅ Automatic Tailwind CSS configuration
✅ Stimulus controller support
✅ Shared components (header, navbar, footer)
✅ Layout management support
✅ External JavaScript library management
✅ Automatic route configuration
✅ Automatic CSS file imports
✅ Asset folders (images, fonts)
✅ Multi-language documentation

Quick Start

Installation

gem install rails-frontend-cli

Uninstallation

gem uninstall rails-frontend-cli

Test Installation

rails-frontend --version

Usage

# Create new project (clean frontend - recommended)
# Unnecessary files for frontend won't be created
rails-frontend new blog --clean
cd blog
rails-frontend run

# Add pages
rails-frontend add-page about
rails-frontend add-page contact

# Add Stimulus controllers
rails-frontend add-stimulus dropdown
rails-frontend add-stimulus modal

# Remove page
rails-frontend remove-page contact

# Remove Stimulus controller (checks usage)
rails-frontend remove-stimulus dropdown

# Add layout
rails-frontend add-layout contact

# Remove layout
rails-frontend remove-layout contact

# Add external JavaScript library
rails-frontend add-pin alpinejs
rails-frontend add-pin sweetalert2

# Remove external JavaScript library (checks usage)
rails-frontend remove-pin alpinejs
rails-frontend remove-pin sweetalert2

--clean Parameter: Removes unnecessary Rails features for frontend (tests, mailers, jobs, channels, models, etc.). Recommended for frontend-focused projects.

Commands

Command Short Description
rails-frontend new PROJECT [--clean] n Create new project
rails-frontend add-page PAGE ap Add page
rails-frontend remove-page PAGE rp Remove page
rails-frontend add-stimulus CONTROLLER as Add Stimulus controller
rails-frontend remove-stimulus CONTROLLER rs Remove Stimulus controller
rails-frontend add-layout LAYOUT al Add layout
rails-frontend remove-layout LAYOUT rl Remove layout
rails-frontend add-pin PACKAGE pin Add external JavaScript library
rails-frontend remove-pin PACKAGE unpin Remove external JavaScript library
rails-frontend run r Start server
rails-frontend build b Build static site
rails-frontend version -v Show version
rails-frontend help -h Show help

Options:

  • --clean: Clean unnecessary files for frontend (recommended)

Requirements

  • Ruby 3.0+
  • Rails 7+

Author

Levent Özbilgiç
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License

MIT