A while back Gary Vaughan suggested i host a demo of RailsCollab on my server. Sadly though, i didn’t have any quick & easy way of adding new demo users to the system, that is until i cooked up OpenID support.

Consequently, there is now an OpenID enabled service running on http://brew.cuppadev.co.uk. Provided you have an OpenID, you should be able to select the “Use OpenID” checkbox and type in your OpenID to login. This will automagically register you with the system, adding you to the “OpenID” company and the “RailsCollab” project. Afterwards if you want, you can set your password so you can login using a regular username & password, though personally i think typing in your OpenID is a better idea.

Note that your OpenID provider needs to support handing over identity fields in order for RailsCollab to correctly register you. MyOpenID is an example of a provider that supports this. Also note that if there is a user with a duplicate username or email in the system, registration will fail.

I invite anyone to try RailsCollab out.

UPDATE: The demo has since been taken down. If you wish to try out RailsCollab, you will need to download and install it yourself.