Retriever

What Is the Retriever Theme?

Retriever is a premium Platform-as-a-Service theme for RailsUI that mimics Heroku’s feel, giving developers server, deployment, and database management screens that live entirely inside their Rails app.

Features ✨

• 28 + pre-designed pages covering dashboards, billing, auth, and marketing

• 50 + Tailwind-v4 components such as badges, modals, and tabs

• Stimulus-powered interactivity without a bulky JS framework

• Dark-mode ready across every view and email template

• Responsive out-of-the-box—tested on common break-points

• Rails 8 + Tailwind v4 stack confirmed in March 28 2025 release v3.1.3

Included Components 📒

Accordion • Alert • Badge • Button • Card • Dropdown • Modal • Switch • Avatar • Toast • Tooltip + 30 more, accessible in /app/views/rui after install.

Pros & Cons

Pros ✅

• PaaS focus: ships deployment & database flows most themes omit

• Time-saver: replaces weeks of UI/DevOps dashboard work

• Rails-first install: rails railsui:install + choose Retriever

• Active project: 430 + GitHub stars, frequent theme updates in 2025

Cons ⚠️

• Paid licence required (Retriever is marked Premium)

• Tailwind styling may clash with legacy Bootstrap setups

• Importmaps/Propshaft remain untested per docs

• Niche: best for DevOps-style products, not general SaaS 📦

Integration

• Add gem "railsui" then run rails railsui:install and pick Retriever in the wizard

• Works with cssbundling-rails & jsbundling-rails (esbuild, bun, rollup, webpack)

• Tailwind brand colours stored in /stylesheets/railsui/theme.css for quick palette swaps

• Stimulus controllers for dropdowns, modals, toast notifications—all Turbo-friendly

FAQ

How many pages are included?

28 + views at launch, with more added each release.

Which Rails versions are supported?

Officially Rails 7 & 8; earlier versions may need tweaks.

Is Retriever open-source?

Core gem is MIT, but Retriever needs a paid licence for full assets.