# Does Rails run on Windows?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-run-on-windows/127997>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-run-on-windows/127997 "2008-02-04T02:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotmailuser)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-run-on-windows/127997/1 "2008-02-04T02:48:01Z")

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Or do I have to wait for IronRuby?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotmailuser)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-run-on-windows/127997/2 "2008-02-04T04:01:45Z")

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Yes, the easiest way is to download Instant Rails at  
[http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/)

Have fun!

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**Author:** ![hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotmailuser)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-run-on-windows/127997/3 "2008-02-04T13:47:55Z")

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TimBreitkreutz wrote:

> Yes, the easiest way is to download Instant Rails at  
> [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/)
> 
> Have fun!

Great. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@hotmailuser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotmailuser)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-run-on-windows/127997/4 "2008-02-04T13:58:33Z")

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I have posted a description of how to create a Rails 2 development  
environment on WIndows on my blog at  
[http://there.thruhere.net/randy\_gordons\_blog](http://there.thruhere.net/randy_gordons_blog)

The relevant entries are

[http://there.thruhere.net/MonkeyingWithEclipseAndRailsPart1](http://there.thruhere.net/MonkeyingWithEclipseAndRailsPart1)  
[http://there.thruhere.net/MonkeyingWithEclipseAndRailsPart2](http://there.thruhere.net/MonkeyingWithEclipseAndRailsPart2)

Hopefully, by the time the series of articles is finished (a one every  
few days, about three months) I will have an Eclipse based IDE that is

1. free and 2) the best Rails 2 IDE out there.I will be describing how  
I created it in the articles.

and thier are some thoughts on learning Rails 2 at

[http://there.thruhere.net/LarningMeRails2](http://there.thruhere.net/LarningMeRails2)

On Feb 3, 7:48 pm, Jibey J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)