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React on Rails integrates React into Ruby on Rails applications with Rails view helpers, server-side rendering, hot reloading, and automatic bundle generation.

This README is intentionally brief. For setup guides, architecture, API reference, upgrades, examples, and Pro features, use the main documentation site: reactonrails.com/docs.

React on Rails is maintained by ShakaCode.

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• Create a new app
• Install into an existing Rails app
• Examples
• Compare OSS and Pro
• Pricing and sign up
• Compare with alternatives
• Changelog

These docs are for React on Rails 17. Historical docs and code are available for v15 (code), v14, v13, v12, and v11. See the upgrade guide before using v15 material.

Create a new React on Rails app:

npx create-react-on-rails-app my-app
cd my-app
bin/rails db:prepare
bin/dev

New apps default to React on Rails Pro for React 19.2 support. Use --standard only when you intentionally want an open-source-only setup.

Add React on Rails to an existing Rails app:

bundle add react_on_rails --strict
bundle exec rails generate react_on_rails:install
bin/dev

Render a component in any Rails view:

<%= react_component("HelloWorld", props: { name: "World" }) %>

If you hit setup issues, run:

bundle exec rake react_on_rails:doctor

• Render React directly inside Rails views with react_component.
• Use Rails-oriented SSR in OSS, or upgrade to Pro for Node-rendered SSR, streaming SSR, and React Server Components.
• Keep a single Rails app instead of splitting into a separate frontend and API.
• Use modern bundling with Shakapacker, including Rspack support.

React on Rails Pro adds higher-throughput SSR and advanced rendering features on top of the open-source gem, including Node renderer support, streaming SSR, React Server Components, fragment caching, and TanStack Router SSR.

ShakaCode Trust-Based Commercial Licensing: React on Rails Pro is free in development, test, CI, and staging for everyone, and free in production for small organizations (under 10 people, under $1M revenue, under $1M raised) and for charities, schools, and hospitals at any size. Larger organizations subscribe for production use at pro.reactonrails.com: $1,800 per year covers the whole organization. No license key is needed to run it; a key from your subscription only marks your pages Licensed. See the license.

Start with the docs here:

• React on Rails Pro docs
• OSS vs Pro feature comparison
• Upgrade to Pro
• Pricing and sign up

• Ruby on Rails >= 5.2
• Shakapacker >= 6.0 (autobundling requires >= 7.0; CI tested: 8.2.0 - 10.3.2)
• Ruby >= 3.3 (CI tested: 3.3 - 4.0)
• Node.js >= 18
• A JavaScript package manager such as pnpm, npm, yarn, or bun

• Documentation for the canonical guides and API reference
• GitHub Discussions for questions
• GitHub Issues for bugs
• React + Rails Slack for community chat (existing members; non-members, please use GitHub Discussions above)
• Commercial support for upgrades, consulting, and Pro guidance
• AI Agent User Guide for AI coding assistants

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome. Start with CONTRIBUTING.md and the help wanted issues.

Suspected security vulnerabilities should be reported privately. See SECURITY.md for the disclosure process and supported version policy. Please do not open a public issue for security reports.

React on Rails is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

React on Rails Pro is offered under The React on Rails Pro License, an application of ShakaCode Trust-Based Commercial Licensing. TL;DR: free in development, test, CI, and staging for everyone; free in production for organizations under 10 people, $1M revenue, and $1M raised, and for charities, schools, and hospitals at any size. Otherwise a subscription: $1,800 per year covers your whole organization. No license key is needed to run it. Questions: contact@shakacode.com.

Thanks to the companies supporting ShakaCode's open-source work.