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The most popular Ruby on Rails CMS
With more than 839,976 downloads, 3,907 watchers on GitHub and 384 contributors,
Refinery is the leading open source CMS on the Ruby on Rails framework.
Latest stable gem version 4.0.3 - Last updated 2023-05-22 by GitHub.
Refinery CMS is perfect
for creating custom content
manageable websites.
We use "The Rails Way" where possible so you have to learn as little as possible to get started!
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100% free and open source
Refinery is available at no cost for anyone to use and modify. There have been contributions from users around the world.
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Supports latest versions of Rails
Refinery aims to maintain pace with the latest version of Rails so you always have the newest features.
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Super simple and easy to use
If you can point and click, you can use Refinery. And if you're building a site for a client, 10 minutes on the phone will get them up and running.
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Slick, clean user interface
The Refinery UI is beautiful and updated frequently to deliver the most intuitive experience possible for your users.
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Modular and extendable
If extra functionality is what you need, it's easy to create your own extension to get what you want.
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Design flexibility
Your website is your website, so Refinery is flexible enough to allow for any and every design imaginable.
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Multilingual
Refinery is available in over 30 languages including English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and many more.
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Vibrant and Active Community
There are Refinery contributors from nearly every continent that are happy to help with your issues, or even coach you through your first contribution.