# Rails for Multi-User Applications (complete newbie)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-for-multi-user-applications-complete-newbie/165915>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 19, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-for-multi-user-applications-complete-newbie/165915 "2009-04-19T21:25:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthony)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-for-multi-user-applications-complete-newbie/165915/1 "2009-04-19T21:25:38Z")

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Hello,

I’m trying to decide between Rails and Django for a multi-user  
application I’m developing. I had already started on Django, when I  
read this article: [http://blog.jeffhui.net/2009/03/rails-and-django/](http://blog.jeffhui.net/2009/03/rails-and-django/)

Can anyone give me specifics about how Rails makes it easy to develop  
a multi-user application?

thanks

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**Author:** ![anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthony)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-for-multi-user-applications-complete-newbie/165915/2 "2009-04-19T22:01:24Z")

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what do you mean by “multi-user”.  
If you are talking about signup/user management.  
Just use Restfull authentication…

> **[GitHub - technoweenie/restful-authentication: inactive project](https://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication/tree/master)**
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> master

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**Author:** ![anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anthony](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthony)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-for-multi-user-applications-complete-newbie/165915/3 "2009-04-20T00:22:30Z")

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Sorry, I should have been more specific.

I’m looking to build what is basically a social-networking site. The  
writer of the blog states that Rails is much faster at this type of  
app than Django and I was looking for some specifics so I could decide  
for myself.

Come to think of it, I should post this question on his blog…

…which I just did.

thanks.