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Serious rails hosting out of the box™

Brightbox provides Xen-based virtualised servers, optimised for hosting Ruby on Rails. Each Brightbox server comes with RAID10 storage, access to our managed MySQL cluster and the Brightbox Rails stack preinstalled.

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Ruby on Rails®

We're proud to have been part of the Rails Hosting Ecosystem since 2007.

Our platform and products provide the perfect environment to scale your Rails app from 10 users to 10 million!


Our customers

Our customers are companies of all sizes, but here's a few of the more well-known brands we host applications for:

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@brightbox you’re by far the BEST Rails hosting service – maybe the best hosting I’ve ever seen, period. Thanks!

Adrian Kosmaczewski via Twitter

deployed to brightbox – super easy!

GitHubWatch via Twitter

…just set up phusion passenger, all very nice and simple! Nice work @brightbox

MrJaba via Twitter

Dear @brightbox, your Brightbox gem has elicited contented gurgles from me in recent days. Makes deployment so easy. Thanks.

Josh Hart via Twitter

@brightbox you guys rule :)

ErneX via Twitter

  • Ruby on Rails ready to go - out of the box!

    Each Brightbox comes preinstalled with our reliable and proven Ruby on Rails stack

  • Scalable

    Scale your application to handle more traffic quickly and easily, without breaking the bank.

  • Quick & simple deployment

    Use the Brightbox gem and get your app up and running in just a few minutes!

  • Better than traditional dedicated servers

    Brightbox offers better redundancy, better scalability and better value than buying dedicated hardware.

  • Full control of your server environment

    Forget the walled garden, you’ve got full root access to install and tweak what you like!

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Recent blog posts

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    about 1 month ago
  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS “Lucid” now available
    about 1 month ago
  • New: Automatically add SSH keys to new Brightboxes
    about 1 month ago
  • Ruby Enterprise 1.8.7-2010.01 Packages for Ubuntu Hardy & Lucid
    2 months ago
  • Ubuntu Lucid beta box offer
    3 months ago
  • Load Balancing with Stomp and ActiveMessaging
    3 months ago

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