The most common rails commands are: generate Generate new code (short-cut alias: "g") console Start the Rails console (short-cut alias: "c") server Start the Rails server (short-cut alias: "s") test Run tests except system tests (short-cut alias: "t") test:system Run system tests dbconsole Start a console for the database specified in config/database.yml (short-cut alias: "db") <% unless engine? %> new Create a new Rails application. "rails new my_app" creates a new application called MyApp in "./my_app" <% end %> All commands can be run with -h (or --help) for more information. In addition to those commands, there are: