Top 4 Ruby IRB Projects

Pry

35 6,715 6.7 Ruby

A runtime developer console and IRB alternative with powerful introspection capabilities.

Project mention: Ruby 3.3 | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-24

that's surprising considering `pry`[1] is such an amazing debugger IMO.
[1] https://github.com/pry/pry

Hirb

1 1,651 0.0 Ruby

A mini view framework for console/irb that's easy to use, even while under its influence. Console goodies include a no-wrap table, auto-pager, tree and menu.
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
irbtools

0 914 5.3 Ruby

Improvements for Ruby's IRB console 💎︎
lazy_names

1 4 4.5 Ruby

Ease your console typing with redefining constants by shorter version

Project mention: lazy_names gem, lets you type less | dev.to | 2024-02-22

The gem is accessible on both RubyGems and GitHub. Feel free to contribute, engage in discussions, report issues, or simply give it a try – you might just find the tool you've been seeking!

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2024-02-22.