When a customer cancels their subscription to your app, Jumpstart Pro now automatically sends them a simple feedback request email an hour after the cancellation is confirmed. The email goes to the account's admin users and billing email and asks a single open-ended question — what made you cancel? Replies go straight to your support address, so the feedback lands directly in your inbox without any extra tooling.
A few details worth knowing: the email is smart enough to abort if the subscription gets reactivated before the one-hour delay fires, so customers who cancel and immediately reconsider won't receive it. The "from" name and reply-to address pull from your Jumpstart configuration, so no extra setup is needed beyond what you've already configured.
Ruby 4.0.5
New
Jumpstart now runs on the latest Ruby version, 4.0.5. See the Ruby 4.0.5 release notes to learn more.
TailwindCSS 4.2.0
New
We've updated to the latest TailwindCSS which includes some new colors, new utilities, and some performance improvements.
Jumpstart Pro Rails is now updated for Rails 8.1.0 that was released yesterday. We've been running the 8.1 beta for a few weeks and it has been working great.
To upgrade your applications, you can merge the latest changes from Jumpstart Pro's git repository into your app and follow the Rails notes to update any of your own code that needs updates.
Rails 8.1 Support
New
With Rails 8.1 being released this week at Rails World, we've updated Jumpstart Pro too! You can now take advantage of all the awesome new features of the latest release of Rails.
Rails 8.0.2.1
Update
We've updated Jumpstart Pro to the latest version of Rails which includes a couple security fixes.
We've upgraded Jumpstart to use Ruby 3.4.5 which was released today. See the Ruby announcement for more details.
Meta tags helpers for better SEO
New
Jumpstart Pro now includes a MetaTags class for managing title, description, opengraph, X / twitter cards and more meta tags for every page. You can leverage this to easily improve SEO and improve your application's rankings. MetaTags is implemented with pure Rails using Current Attributes and render_in. This means there are no external dependencies and it will be compatible with future versions of Rails.
Ruby 3.4.4
New
We've upgrade to the latest Ruby version, 3.4.4, which includes some fixes and improvements.
Rails 8.0.2
New
We're now on the latest Rails with version 8.0.2! Check out the release notes for more details.
Ruby 3.4.2
New
Ruby 3.4.2 is out and we've updated Jumpstart to use it.
Jumpstart Pro has been updated to TailwindCSS v4.0.0! We've been running the betas since beta1 and everything has worked great.
This upgrade simplifies the TailwindCSS configuration by moving from the JavaScript config file to pure CSS configuration. There are also tons of other improvements to colors, utilities, performance, and more. Check out the TailwindCSS v4 announcement for more details.
Just Personal Accounts
New
Today, we introduced a new configuration for Jumpstart apps: Just Personal Accounts.
Jumpstart is built with flexibility in mind. Adding teams is one of the hardest features to do later on, so we include it out of the box. We also include multiple ways of switching between accounts. Whether it's an ID in the URL, a subdomain, a custom domain, or just simple cookies we have options for whatever works best in your application.
Not all apps need teams though, so we've introduced an option to focus on your app on personal accounts.
Account types configuration
You can now choose Just Personal Accounts and Jumpstart will hide any of the team account sections.
Accounts make resource management easier whether you're using any of these account types. By associating resources with an Account, they can be easily transferred between different users and handled safely when a user's account is deleted.
One more piece of flexibility for you to build your applications!
Jumpstart 2.0
New
Today, we're proud to announce Jumpstart 2.0!
We've been hard at work improving every piece of Jumpstart, from the design, features, deployment, and more. Here are a few of the major changes we've done over the last few months:
With so many changes over the last year, we think it's time to call this officially version 2.0 of Jumpstart! We hope you enjoy this new version and it makes building products with Rails even easier.
Rails 8.0.0 support
Update
Rails 8.0 is officially out and we've updated Jumpstart Pro to use it. Since we've been testing against it for months already, it's a seamless upgrade. 🎉
Introducing our new admin area: Madmin
New
We've upgraded our admin area to use Madmin. It's a modern admin area that's easily configurable and extendable with normal Rails routes, views, and controllers.
This upgrade also allows us to upgrade to Propshaft and drop the old Sprockets asset pipeline.
Rails 8.0.0.rc2
New
Rails 8 is almost ready and we've updated Jumpstart Pro to take advantage of all the new goodies. Solid Queue, Solid Cache, and Solid Cable are ready to use if you'd like along with all the other new improvements in Rails 8.
Ruby 3.3.6 & Node.js 22.11.0
New
We've updated to the latest Ruby and Node.js versions.
We've just updated to the latest Ruby and Node.js versions. Check out their release notes for details of the bugfixes and improvements.
Rails 7.2.0
New
It's official, Rails 7.2.0 has finally been released today and Jumpstart Pro is now running the latest and greatest.
Enjoy Devcontainers, Rate Limiting, Defering Enqueued Jobs After Commit, and more! Check out our GoRails series on What's New in Rails 7.2 and the the Ruby on Rails blog for more details.