NEW Claudatron integration is live — v2.0

Ship a Rails app in
weeks hours.

Lightning Rails gives you the boilerplate. Claudatron gives Claude Code the playbook. Together: a battle-tested Rails stack that ships itself while you sleep, built for indie makers and solopreneurs.

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Indie makers onboard
// the new stack

Two halves of the same lightning bolt.

A boilerplate without an agent is just code. An agent without a boilerplate is just a chatbot. Together, they're a launch system.

⚡ The chassis

Lightning Rails

Rails 8 boilerplate with everything pre-wired: auth, payments, admin, emails, themes. The boring 80% of any SaaS, already done.

  • Devise + Magic Link + OAuth
  • Stripe Checkout + Pay gem
  • 20+ DaisyUI themes, 15+ components
  • MotorAdmin dashboard, Postmark/Resend
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⚡ The pilot

Claudatron

A discovery-first Claude Code setup tuned for Rails. Six slash commands, four swarm agents, one self-improving feedback loop.

  • /architect, /backend, /frontend, /tests
  • Architect → Backend → Frontend → Tests swarm
  • /lesson — agents that learn from mistakes
  • ~1,200 token baseline. Token-conscious.
// how it works

From "I have an idea" to git push in one chat.

~/my-saas — claudatron
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Clone Lightning Rails

Auth, payments, admin and a designed UI on day one. Skip 20+ hours of boilerplate.

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Install Claudatron

One script copies global commands into ~/.claude/. Optionally scaffold the four-agent swarm into your project.

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Run /architect

Discovery first. Risk-scoped plan. You approve each step. No background agents running unsupervised.

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Backend → Frontend → Tests

Specialized agents implement, then test. Hotwire-first frontend, thin controllers, N+1 awareness baked in.

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Capture lessons, ship

Type /lesson and the agent gets smarter on its own. Next session, it remembers.

⚡ Rails 8 / Claude Code / Hotwire / Tailwind + DaisyUI / Stripe / Devise / RSpec + Playwright / OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini / MotorAdmin / Postmark / Resend / ⚡ Rails 8 / Claude Code / Hotwire / Tailwind + DaisyUI / Stripe / Devise / RSpec + Playwright / OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini / MotorAdmin / Postmark / Resend
// everything in the box

Eliminate repetitive work. Every. Single. Time.

Skip boring frontend, admin dashboards, legal pages, and that footer that won't stick to the bottom, plus an AI that knows the codebase before you've opened it.

⚡ The new flagship

Claudatron — Claude Code, supervised.

Discovery-first slash commands plus an optional four-agent swarm. Architect plans, Backend builds, Frontend ships, Tests verify. You approve each step, in one chat.

⚡ /architect scope risk + plan
⚡ /backend Rails conventions
⚡ /frontend Hotwire + Tailwind
⚡ /tests RSpec + Playwright
⚡ /lesson self-improving loop
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Style & Branding

20+ DaisyUI themes, 15+ pre-designed Tailwind components. Beautiful, consistent UI on day zero.

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Login & Signup

Devise integration with optional Magic Link or OAuth, secure, fast, and one config away.

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Stripe Payments

Native Stripe Checkout portals via a one-line helper. Subscriptions, one-time, refunds.

Save 3h

Transactional Emails

Postmark and Resend pre-wired. Drop in your API key and start sending in under five minutes.

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Admin Dashboard

MotorAdmin baked in, SQL queries, custom dashboards, no extra setup.

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Multi-AI Integration

Build a chatbot or AI wrapper with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Mistral, adapter pattern included.

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Code Generators & Legal

Scaffold features in one terminal command. Cookie, Privacy and ToS pages pre-filled with your company data.

Dani, founder of Lightning Rails
// the maker

Hey, I'm Dani 👋, former Head of Product Offline at Le Wagon. I founded two RoR dev shops and slogged through 50+ Rails projects, repeatedly adding the same gems and crafting yet another landing page.

Then Claude Code happened. I rebuilt my workflow around it, distilled the patterns into Claudatron, and now I ship a new product in a single afternoon. This is that system, packaged for you.

— Dani, building Lightning Rails since 2024
// wall of love

What makers say after shipping with Lightning Rails.

// simple, no-tricks pricing

Pay once. Build forever. Ship faster than your competition can spec.

Basic License
$70
One-time. No updates included.
  • Lightning Rails boilerplate
  • 20+ themes, 15+ components
  • Auth, payments, admin, emails
  • Community access
  • No Claudatron
  • No lifetime updates
Choose Basic
⚡ Indie maker's choice
Lifetime + Claudatron
$189 $289
One-time. Lifetime updates. Both products.
  • Everything in Basic, plus:
  • Claudatron — 6 slash commands + 4-agent swarm
  • Lifetime updates (Rails, gems, AI integrations)
  • Multi-AI: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral
  • Private Discord with 274+ makers
  • 1:1 onboarding call with Dani
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Transparent data: Lightning Rails in the last 24 hours

// @question = gets.chomp

What makers ask before pulling the trigger.

What's actually new in this version? +
Lightning Rails has always been the boilerplate. What's new is Claudatron, a Claude Code config tuned to ship Rails apps. You get six slash commands, an optional four-agent swarm, and a self-improving feedback loop via /lesson. Same boilerplate, 10x faster shipping.
Do I need Claude Code to use this? +
No. Lightning Rails is a complete Rails 8 boilerplate that works on its own. Claudatron is the bonus layer for makers using Claude Code, it makes the whole system pay rent in tokens.
What do I actually get for my money? +
A lifetime license to the Lightning Rails source repo, the Claudatron config, public documentation, the private Discord, and a 1:1 call with Dani. Use it for unlimited personal, client, or your own SaaS projects.
Can I have my project on a public repo? +
No, the boilerplate itself is not open source. You can absolutely ship and sell apps built on it; you just can't redistribute the boilerplate code. If it leaks publicly, the license can be revoked.
How is this different from Jumpstart Pro? +
Jumpstart Pro targets agencies and enterprise teams. Lightning Rails is for indie makers and solopreneurs, beautiful frontend out of the box, AI integrations baked in, lifetime license, and now an agent layer. Buy once, ship forever.
Refunds? +
Because of the nature of the product (you get the source code), we can't offer refunds. The value is in the time saved, and 274+ makers already think it pays for itself in the first afternoon.

Stop building boilerplate.
Start shipping products.

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