Ruby on Rails source code security / obfuscation [duplicate]
Similar to Matt Briggs's point is that if you don't trust your web host, you're addressing the wrong problem.If your web host wants to steal your data, cripple your website, redirect your users, etc., nothing can stop them. Even if the code is fully compiled binary code written in assembler, your admin could still find a hack, replace resources, or replace your code altogether. Moral of the story, find a web host you trust, don't bother obfuscating your code
At the end of the day, there is trust involved. If your admin wants to screw you, he will, and obfuscation won't do much to stop him.
From my experience, When you sell a produce that deploy to customer server. I use
It works in many platform from its loader. But like other said, rails should be open.