The second free Rails startup skeleton written by DevInterface and releases under Rails MIT license is Rails Authlogic + Subdomain_fu Template.

Rails Authlogic + Subdomain_fu Template

This template works as a skeleton for any new Rails application (using Rails 2.3) that aims to provide authentication with subdomain support.

To install and run this template perform following actions:

Skeleton Behaviour

This template sets up a working application with support for authentication and subdomain.

Application workflow

• Guest access a public section of the site (http://localhost:3000)
• Guest chooses to register new account (http://localhost:3000/account/new), including itself as user, and becomes account’s owner
• Accounts owner goes to his account (subdomain) url (http://useraccount.localhost:3000/login) and logs into his account
• Accounts owner can add more users to it’s account (http://useraccount.localhost:3000/users/new)
• Each created user can log into the account they belong

Skeleton features

Here’s a list of what this template sets up:

Rails

• Authlogic
• Subdomain_fu

Javascript

• jQuery as javascript framework instead of prototype

CSS

• Blueprint as css framework

Testing

• BDD testing support using RSpec, Cucumber, and FactoryGirl

Other

Some other useful gems/plugins such as:

• Hpricot
• RedCloth
• Will Paginate
• SearchLogic
• Exception Notifier
• Inaction Mailer