Giovanni Panasiti

Software engineer, serial entrepreneur and adventurer.

Hi, I'm Giovanni — a software engineer and entrepreneur based in Rome, Italy. I co-founded Consultala, a SaaS platform for Italian labor law, and founded Monte del Gallo, a software boutique building custom digital products. I also lead Ruby development at Fondazione ENPAM.

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15+
years building software
500+
GitHub stars
9
products shipped
500k+
people served
Giovanni Panasiti at the summit of a mountain during a hike
Giovanni Panasiti on stage at RubyConf Thailand 2026
Giovanni Panasiti with a fellow developer at Rails World 2024
Giovanni Panasiti speaking at Balkan Ruby 2026 in Sofia

Open source

Gems I maintain

I'm passionate about contributing to the open-source community. Here are some of my projects that help developers build better applications.

ActiveCanvas page builder editing a Rails landing page

ActiveCanvas

New

A complete open-source CMS engine for Rails 8+. Visual page builder with drag-and-drop editing, AI-powered content generation, Tailwind CSS compilation, page versioning, and media library — all mounted directly into your Rails monolith as a single gem.

Ruby on Rails 8+ GrapeJS Tailwind CSS AI Content MIT License
GitHub
Active Storage Dashboard listing blobs and attachments in a Rails app

Active Storage Dashboard

430+ stars

A beautiful Rails engine that provides a sleek, modern dashboard for monitoring and inspecting Active Storage data in your Rails application.

Ruby Rails 7+ Active Storage
GitHub
SQLite Dashboard showing table details for a Rails database

SQLite Dashboard

New

A Rails engine that provides an intuitive dashboard for browsing and managing SQLite databases directly from your Rails application.

Ruby Rails SQLite
GitHub
Ruby

Built with Ruby on Rails. For over a decade, I've been passionate about Ruby and giving back to the ecosystem that enriched my career.

Products

Things I've made trying to put my dent in the universe

I've worked on tons of little projects over the years but these are the ones that I'm most proud of.

Consultala logo

Consultala

A SaaS app that helps you manage HR processes in your company.
Autofatturala logo

Autofatturala

AI-powered self-invoicing for Italian companies with foreign suppliers — from the supplier's PDF straight to SDI.
MonteDelGallo logo

MonteDelGallo

A software Boutique that builds software with cutting edge technologies.
SopranoVillas logo

SopranoVillas

A business focused on rental of luxury villas in Italy with the most beautiful villas of the country.
Consultala HR logo

Consultala HR

A SaaS to manage HR and employees with a companion app made for employees.
NinjaBootstrap UI logo

NinjaBootstrap UI

A TailwindUI alternative made with an improved version of Bootstrap.
SegnalazioneInterna logo

SegnalazioneInterna

A software as a service to handle whistleblowing in italian companies.

Writing

Latest articles

My Journey

  1. Fondazione ENPAM logo
    Company
    Fondazione ENPAM
    Role
    Lead Software Engineer
    Date
    Present
  2. Consultala logo
    Company
    Consultala
    Role
    CTO & Co-Founder
    Date
    Present
  3. MonteDelGallo logo
    Company
    MonteDelGallo
    Role
    Co-Founder
    Date
    Present
  4. Solenica Inc. logo
    Company
    Solenica Inc.
    Role
    Software Developer
    Date
    Nov 2016
  5. Digital Angels logo
    Company
    Digital Angels
    Role
    Web Developer
    Date
    May 2015
  6. RobinGood logo
    Company
    RobinGood
    Role
    Web Developer & SEO
    Date
    Jan 2014