The Rails Guild

Patrons of the Guild

Ten plaques keep the lights on. The patrons below back the guild; their marks hang in the directory and across the halls. Nothing they pay for influences membership, badges, or rank.

The plaques await their first patrons.

Become a patron

Why be a patron

For a company or organization that wants Rails developers to know its name, there is no better place to be. Every member has proven they run the apps on their page, so these are people actually putting Rails into production, and the employers who come here to hire them read the same pages.

Your support helps fund hosting and ongoing development, and keeps the guild independent and free for the developers who use it. In return your company/organization is recognized on the site as a patron, in front of the exact people you want to reach. No ad network, no auction, and no tracking of anyone. Your mark is a plain link in good company.

10 plaques of ten remain open. The current rate is $50/month, locked in for as long as you stay. Each pair of plaques filled raises the rate for the next; a freed plaque lowers it back down.

Checkout runs through Stripe. Cancel anytime; your plaque stays up through the period you paid for. Questions? [email protected].

Already a patron? Get an edit link for your plaque.

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Become a Patron of the Guild

Your mark, hung where the guild's developers and the employers browsing them will see it.

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Why be a patron

For a company or organization that wants Rails developers to know its name, there is no better place to be. Every member has proven they run the apps on their page, so these are people actually putting Rails into production, and the employers who come here to hire them read the same pages.

Your support helps fund hosting and ongoing development, and keeps the guild independent and free for the developers who use it. In return your company/organization is recognized on the site as a patron, in front of the exact people you want to reach. No ad network, no auction, and no tracking of anyone. Your mark is a plain link in good company.

How it works

Your plaque hangs on the rails flanking the directory on desktop, and rides the scrolling patron bars across the top and bottom of the page on phones. Every page's footer carries your name. Patronage never influences membership, badges, or rank.

Current rate: $50/month, locked in for as long as you stay.

10 plaques of ten remain. Each pair filled raises the rate for the next patron; a freed plaque lowers it. Cancel anytime.