50 Best Websites Developed Using Ruby on Rails

Rails has come a long way in the last few years, from the preserve of a vocal minority of maverick developers, to one of the most popular web frameworks around.
Its popularity is due to many things, but chief amongst them is the speed at which you can put together a site in Rails, as well as the intelligent and vibrant community that are involved in it.
Whilst there are some well known success stories using Ruby on Rails out there, the sheer number and diversity of Rails apps is astounding. In celebration of that, and partly to satisfy our own curiosity, we thought offer our round up of some of the best rails sites out there.

1. Basecamp

http://basecamphq.com/
An extremely popular, browser-based project collaboration tool.

2. Twitter

http://twitter.com/
The ubiquitous social networking site.

3. Scribd

http://www.scribd.com/
The world’s largest social publishing company.

4. Fanpop

http://www.fanpop.com/
A huge network of music, TV and movie fan clubs.

5. Geni

http://www.geni.com/
A great family tree building tool.

6. Penny Arcade

http://www.penny-arcade.com/
A webcomic, largely focused on video gaming.

7. Pitchfork

http://pitchfork.com/
An online indie music mag.

8. Crazy Egg

http://crazyegg.com/
A heatmap tool that lets you visualize how users interact with your website.

9. Shopify

http://www.shopify.com/
A popular e-commerce platform.

10. Github

http://github.com/
A code hosting app with a strong social networking element.

11. Hulu

http://www.hulu.com/
A TV channel streaming shows and movies from NBC, Fox, ABC and more.

12. Backpack

http://backpackit.com/
From the makers of Basecamp, Backpack is an intranet for your business that lets you share anything and everything with your team.

13. Assembla

http://www.assembla.com/
A collaboration tool ideal for small teams.

14. Lighthouse

http://lighthouseapp.com/
A superb project management app.

15. Wayfaring

http://www.wayfaring.com/
A tool for creating and sharing maps.

16. CommunityWalk

http://www.communitywalk.com/
Another map creating tool, which lets users incorporate photos and comments into maps they create.

17. Insiderpages

http://www.insiderpages.com/
A place to find reviews of local businesses, from dentists to restaurants

18. Rentometer

http://www.rentometer.com/
Enter your address into this site to compare your rent with other local properties.

19. Menuism

http://www.menuism.com/
A place to rate restaurants and read food reviews.

20. Campfire

http://campfirenow.com/
An instant messaging tool designed for project specific groups.

22. Podomatic

http://www.podomatic.com/featured
A place to access a wealth of podcasts as well as event listings for many cities worldwide.

22. 43 Things

http://www.43things.com/
A straightforward site for setting personal goals and viewing the goals of others.

23. Big Cartel

http://bigcartel.com/
A simple, but trendy e-commerce platform.

24. DoodleKit

http://doodlekit.com/home
An uncomplicated and accessible website builder.

25. feed.informer

http://feed.informer.com/
An app for adding news and feed content to your website.

26. Inkling Markets

http://home.inklingmarkets.com/
A highly original site with a unique take on question asking and answering.

27. Swivel

http://www.swivel.com/
A site for sharing data in charts, graphs and tables.

28. Highrise

http://highrisehq.com/
High-tech customer relationship management software.

29. Mypunchbowl

http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
A suite of party planning tools for creating invites, buying supplies and much more.

30. oh, don’t forget…

http://ohdontforget.com/
A great way to send bulk and scheduled SMS messages.

31. Spiceworks

http://www.spiceworks.com/
A free, but professional quality solution for all things IT, from network management to software reporting.

32. Urban Dictionary

http://www.urbandictionary.com/
An online dictionary for pretty much every slang term used in the English-speaking world.

33. White Pages

http://www.whitepages.com/
An online directory for business and personal contact details.

34. XING

http://www.xing.com/
A place to network and make business contacts.

35. Justin.TV

http://www.justin.tv/#r=ytWUZNE
A site where users can produce and share videos through their own “channels”.

36. Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/
A place to share PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF portfolios.

37. Jango

http://www.jango.com/
A free internet radio station.

38. AboutUs

http://www.aboutus.org/
A comprehensive wiki for the world’s best websites.

39. Luminosity

http://www.lumosity.com/
A suite of online games for brain development.

40. Guitar Hero

http://hub.guitarhero.com/
Website of the hugely successful computer game.

41. Chow

http://www.chow.com/
A recipe repository complete with restaurant listings and videos.

42. Bleacher Report

http://bleacherreport.com/
A magazine covering all aspects of American sport.

43. Sortfolio

http://sortfolio.com/
A place to find the perfect web designer for your needs.

44. More

http://www.more.com/
A style magazine for women, with fashion and make-up tips.

45. Howcast

http://www.howcast.com/
A place to find instructional, how-to videos.

46. Miley World

http://www.mileyworld.com/community/home
The home of Miley Cyrus’s official fan club.

47. iLike

http://www.ilike.com/
A site that provides concert alerts, recommendations and playlists, based on your favorite music.

48. Yardbarker

http://www.yardbarker.com/
One of the best places to find sports news, rumors and videos.

49. Viewpoints

http://www.viewpoints.com/
Find reviews on absolutely everything.

50. Tupalo

http://tupalo.com/
A place to find contact details and reviews of local restaurants, cafes, salons and shops.
And that’s really just the tip of the iceberg. With the latest version(Rails 3) imminent it’s clear that it shows now sign of slowing down just yet; no doubt we can expect to see even more exciting and sophisticated websites and applications added to this list in the future.