Where can I promote Rails applications?

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I am currently writing a FOSS Rails app and would like to get some ideas about where to promote the application. I am searching for something like opensourcerails.com or wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/OpenSourceProjects

score 4 · Answer 1 · 2009-02-15T14:53:18.453

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Put it on github, too - it's social, Rails-oriented and free repos have to be open-source.

Edit: I'd get in touch with the leading blogs about it, then. They'll get word out way faster than if it's simply sitting on a static list of projects.

edited Feb 15 '09 at 14:53

answered Feb 15 '09 at 14:48

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '09 at 21:39

Don't promote it as a Rails application. Promote it as an application that solves whatever problem your application is meant to solve. I doubt there are very many people who sit around thinking, "Boy, I'd sure like to run a Rails application. I wonder what app I could run." Rather, they think something like, "Boy, I sure wish there were a FOSS liveblogging app with Twitter integration."

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 15 '09 at 21:13

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Try finding the people who would benefit from using your application and tell them about it.

answered Feb 15 '09 at 21:13

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 16 '09 at 04:08

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Working With Rails has a showcase section (previously HappyCodr)

http://workingwithrails.com/browse/sites/showcase

You need to create a profile to add your project

answered Feb 16 '09 at 04:08

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Thank you! That was one of those sites I forgot the name of :) – Lennart Koopmann Feb 17 '09 at 10:00
your welcome, I always visit that site to check on new rails projects – edthix Feb 18 '09 at 04:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '09 at 17:43

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You can also post to these sites:

http://www.rubyflow.com/

http://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/

Let these guys know about your projects, too:

http://railsenvy.com/

answered Feb 18 '09 at 17:43

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 15 '09 at 15:19

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You could ask the people who do various rails podcasts to give it a mention.

answered Feb 15 '09 at 15:19

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 16 '09 at 02:46

Announce it on the rubyonrails-talk mailing list where people from all around the world subscribe to. From there, if you keep doing good things the word-of-mouth should spread it around.

If we knew what your app did we could be more precise about where to put these kinds of things.

Where can I promote Rails applications?

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