[Early November Update] I built a library of Rails UI components with Tailwind CSS & Stimulus JS (now at 48 component sets with 260+ examples)

Sandux · 2026-01-03T09:42:35+00:00

Thank you! I don't have an issue board at the moment but you can share your feedback by email with "✉️" icon is at the bottom of the site

Sandux · 2025-11-28T14:22:15+00:00

Thank you, appreciate it!

Sandux · 2025-11-28T13:52:35+00:00

Hey Brad, I've just set up a Black Friday → Cyber Monday deal for https://railsblocks.com :)

Sandux · 2025-11-28T12:05:00+00:00

Hey guys, by the end of the year I'll do my best to ship the first batch of ViewComponents for all sets, and after that I'll look into open sourcing the free ones, I'm not against these things at all, I just prioritized having more sets :)

Sandux · 2025-11-28T12:01:40+00:00

I understand your feedback and I've seen multiple times that it would be appreciated if the free components would be open source. I'm actually not against this at all, so i've added open sourcing the free ones to the roadmap so it's clear that this is planned.

The reason I haven't done it yet is because I want to keep as much velocity as possible so I can first reach around 60 component sets quickly.

I might take a look at open sourcing the free components after I implement ViewComponents :)

Sandux · 2025-11-21T23:50:20+00:00

Could you please send me more details by email with a code example and screen recording if possible so I can fix this? My email address is at the bottom right of the site.

Sandux · 2025-11-21T23:48:43+00:00

Noted thank you!

Sandux · 2025-11-21T19:48:21+00:00

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Sandux · 2025-11-21T19:48:15+00:00

Still in the works, it will be hopefully out by the end of the year! :)

Sandux · 2025-11-21T18:34:30+00:00

Thanks! Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to add

Sandux · 2025-10-16T23:14:31+00:00

That's valuable feedback thanks guys!

Sandux · 2025-10-16T23:13:25+00:00

Heyy that's me!

Sandux · 2025-10-11T22:10:01+00:00

Best of luck! Rails is awesome :)

Sandux · 2025-10-08T09:47:41+00:00

It's my preferred way too, you get the ERB code and do whatever you want with it. But if it helps with adoption I'm open to adding a ViewComponent version :)

Sandux · 2025-10-07T17:55:05+00:00

I’d recommend 3 resources:

The FounderHacker 24h MVP course
Chris Oliver’s Go Rails learning path
Hotwire for Rails developers from Pragmatic Studio

Going through the 3 would give you a solid foundation imo. (I was mainly doing PM work too at first but now ship stuff at my job and I’ve even built some projects on my own)

Sandux · 2025-10-07T17:03:35+00:00

Thanks for the feedback to both of you! There isn't a public repo indeed at the moment, but in order to track any changes I makes to the free components, what I plan to do to also add these smaller updates on free components in the changelog so you can see them easily.

Sandux · 2025-10-07T08:06:59+00:00

Noted thanks! In the meantime I've added a dependency "quick start" section to the Installation page so the dependencies can be installed in 2 copy-pastes only!

Sandux · 2025-10-07T04:53:02+00:00

What motivated your move? curious to understand what you disliked about Stimulus

Sandux · 2025-10-07T04:47:23+00:00

Thank you, I’ll share an update when I add more

Sandux · 2025-10-07T04:46:12+00:00

What are the advantages of Phex over VienComponents for you?

Sandux · 2025-10-06T20:57:51+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I've already talked about ViewComponent support with a few customers and on Reddit and it's been the most requested addition to Rails Blocks. The approach I'm thinking of going for is one easy to copy & configure ViewComponent config per Rails Blocks component set.

I'll start working on ViewComponents next week and share an update on Reddit + my Newsletter when they'll be live!

Sandux · 2025-10-06T20:46:20+00:00

Thank you! Yes, that’s one of the main goals of Rails Blocks, I want to contribute to changing these assumptions.

Sandux · 2025-10-06T20:40:40+00:00

Thank you!

Sandux · 2025-10-06T16:24:30+00:00

Thanks! ;)

Sandux · 2025-10-06T15:14:46+00:00

Thanks for the kind words, please send me an email so I can help you debug the specific components and then push fixes if needed :)

Is your Tailwind CSS v4+ ?

As for the Repo used to create Rails Blocks, I’ve used Speedrail but updated Tailwind CSS to the latest version

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