Pre-built binaries of the Railcar blog demo, transpiled from Rails to Rust.
Each download is a self-contained package — just extract, run, and open
http://localhost:3000. No Rust toolchain needed.
Downloads
Linux
x86_64 (Intel/AMD)
blog-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Linux
aarch64 (ARM)
blog-linux-aarch64.tar.gz
macOS
x86_64 (Intel)
blog-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
macOS
aarch64 (Apple Silicon)
blog-macos-aarch64.tar.gz
Run it
tar xzf blog-*.tar.gz cd blog-* ./blog
Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
Open multiple tabs to see real-time Turbo Streams updates.
What's inside
The binary is a complete web application transpiled from a Rails blog app to Rust by Railcar. It includes:
- Axum HTTP server with Tokio async runtime
- SQLite database (created on first run)
- Articles and comments with validations
- Turbo Streams real-time broadcasting via WebSocket
- Tailwind CSS styling
- Seed data (3 articles, 3 comments)