I’ve been starting Thin with thin -V start in development. However, I would like

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Asked: May 27, 20262026-05-27T17:58:58+00:00 2026-05-27T17:58:58+00:00

I’ve been starting Thin with thin -V start in development.

However, I would like Thin to be the default instead of WEBrick and to be able to start it with rails s.

Is there a way to set Thin as the default instead of WEBrick in Rails 3?

If that’s not possible, is there at least a way to start it in the test environment automatically?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-27T17:58:59+00:00

In a near future, we will be able to use Thin just by adding gem 'thin' to our Gemfile and starting app with rails s.

Note that this may be a temporary measure, however.

I chose Thin because Mongrel was not maintained currently and no other server seemed to suit as an alternative to Mongrel.

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