Where performance meets productivity.

roda-project is a command-line interface (CLI) that helps you and LLMs quickly build and develop web applications and APIs using Roda, at any scale.

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gem install roda-project Successfully installed roda-project roda-project Project name › AwesomeIdea
(1) Fullstack (2) API (3) Minimal › 1
... bin/roda dev 12:05:39 - INFO - Puma starting on port 4000 in development environment.

Why use Roda + roda-project?

Full-featured

Roda has more than 100 native plugins for every aspect of web development, as well as community plugins, like:

Authentication (Rodauth)
Security (CSRF, CSP)
Frontend (views, Inertia.js, i18n, assets)

Performance

Roda is one of the fastest Ruby frameworks available and uses less memory.

Select only the plugins your app needs, avoiding unnecessary code
Ideal for high traffic applications
Ideal for low budget projects

Production Ready

Roda is a solid choice for companies already using Ruby that want maximum performance.

It has been around for over 10 years
More than 20 million downloads
Major projects currently use the framework in production, such as Ubicloud

Dev Experience

With roda-project, essential development tasks are built into every generated project:

Console and database migrations
bin/roda dev with hot reloading
Assets pipeline

Generators

Save tokens and help your AI assistant generate more deterministic and accurate Roda code. Some included generators:

bin/roda g routes
bin/roda g model
bin/roda g migrations

Focus on your business

Use Roda without worrying about initial boilerplate — just choose your favorite tools and start writing business logic.

Choose the project type (API, fullstack, or minimal), the database, the test framework, authentication, and front-end strategy