This tutorial explains step-by-step how to install Ruby on Rails on a Windows machine.

Before installing of Rails framework, Please make sure that Ruby and Gem are installed Verify ruby is installed using --version option

A:\work>ruby --version
ruby 2.7.0p0 (2019-12-25 revision 647ee6f091) [x64-mingw32]

A:\work>gem --version
3.1.2

Install the Latest or specific Ruby on Rails version on Windows

Once ruby and gem are installed, You can install rails directly.

gem installs command downloads and installs rails and their dependencies.

If you want to install the latest rails, run the below command

gem install rails

It installs the latest version.

A:\work\railsapp>rails --version
Rails 7.0.4

if you want to install a specific version, use the -v option with the version number

gem install rails -v 5.0.1

Here is an example

A:\work>gem install rails
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Successfully installed tzinfo-2.0.5
Successfully installed activesupport-7.0.4
Successfully installed rack-2.2.4
Successfully installed rack-test-2.0.2
Successfully installed crass-1.0.6
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Temporarily enhancing PATH for MSYS/MINGW...
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed nio4r-2.5.8
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Successfully installed actioncable-7.0.4
Successfully installed marcel-1.0.2
Successfully installed activestorage-7.0.4
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Successfully installed actiontext-7.0.4
Successfully installed thor-1.2.1
Successfully installed method_source-1.0.0
Successfully installed zeitwerk-2.6.2
Successfully installed railties-7.0.4
Successfully installed rails-7.0.4
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Done installing documentation for tzinfo, activesupport, rack, rack-test, crass, loofah, rails-html-sanitizer, rails-dom-testing, builder, erubi, actionview, actionpack, activemodel, activerecord, globalid, activejob, mini_mime, mail, net-protocol, net-imap, actionmailer, nio4r, websocket-extensions, websocket-driver, actioncable, marcel, activestorage, actionmailbox, actiontext, thor, method_source, zeitwerk, railties, rails after 263 seconds
34 gems installed

Next, Check the Rails version installed on the machine using the below command.

rails --version

Next, create an application using the below command

rails new railsapp

change to railsapp directory

cd railsapp

Next, start the Rails application using the Rails server

rails server

It starts the server at the listening 3000 port number.