Rails Workflows

Pack is most compelling when it maps directly to how Rails teams actually work: create apps, boot apps, run migrations, operate test suites, and package for containers.

Rails-shaped CLI

Instead of making Rails feel like an afterthought, Pack surfaces top-level commands for the operations a Rails developer repeats every day.

pack server
pack console
pack test
pack rspec spec/models
pack db migrate
pack assets precompile
pack cache clear

Scaffolding and init

pack new is the greenfield path. pack init is the adoption path for an existing Rails repository.

pack new myapp --docker --database postgresql
pack init --skip-docker

App operations

The main Rails value is not new syntax. It is reducing context switching across the standard app lifecycle: start, inspect, migrate, run tasks, and troubleshoot.

Tip

For teams, pack doctor and Packfile task execution are as important as the Rails aliases. They help standardize local and CI workflows.

Docker story

The current codebase includes Docker generation paths for Rails apps. That matters because containerized Rails environments are where dependency install churn becomes expensive and visible.

pack docker
docker compose -f docker-compose.pack.yml up

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