Some basic templates for Rails 3. template_default will call the others. To use in an existing app, run the following command from the app's root directory: rake rails:template LOCATION=http://github.com/brad-werth/rails-templates/raw/master/template_default.rb --trace To use in a new app, use the following command: does not currently work: rails new APP_NAME --template=http://github.com/brad-werth/rails-templates/raw/master/template_default.rb workaround: rails new APP_NAME rake rails:template LOCATION=http://github.com/brad-werth/rails-templates/raw/master/template_default.rb --trace