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sekrets. sekrets is a command line tool and library used to securely manage encrypted files and settings in your rails' applications and git repositories.

main. a class factory and dsl for generating command line programs real quick

open4. open child process with handles on pid, stdin, stdout, and stderr: manage child processes and their io handles easily.

map. the ruby container you've always wanted: an ordered string/symbol indifferent hash

systemu. univeral capture of stdout and stderr and handling of child process pid for windows, *nix, etc.

testy. a BDD testing framework for ruby that's mad at the world and plans to kick it's ass in 78 freakin lines of code

configuration. pure ruby scoped configuration files.

fattr. fattr.rb is a "fatter attr" for ruby and borrows heavily from the metakoans.rb ruby quiz

forkoff. brain-dead simple parallel processing for ruby

session. session offers a persistent way to drive the shell (/bin/sh) via ruby

dao. sa-weet data access object library for rails. top secret.

lockfile. a ruby library for creating NFS safe lockfiles

middleman-gibberish. password protect middleman pages - even on s3

macaddr. cross platform mac address determination for ruby

threadify. threadify.rb makes it stupid easy to process a bunch of data using 'n' worker threads

shared. shared.rb provides a super easy way to share code between classes or modules in a simple way.

tagz. tagz.rb generates html, xml, or any sgml variant like a small ninja running across the backs of a herd of giraffes swatting of heads like a mark-up weedwacker.

bj. Backgroundjob (Bj) is a brain dead simple, zero admin, background priority queue for Rails.

demon. demon.rb - the ruby daemon library you've been waiting for

slave. easy management of child process works over pipes and drb

rails_build. A very small, very simple, fast enough, and bullet proof static site generator built that uses the Rails you love and know.

rq. ruby queue is a zero-admin zero-configuration tool used to create instant unix clusters

objectpool. a simple, robust, generic thread-safe object pool for ruby

tumblr. a command line utility and library for the excellent tumblr blogging platform

raptcha. low drain bamage, storage-less, session-less, plugin-less, zero admin, single-source-file secure captcha system for ruby and/or rails.

arrayfields. allow keyword access to array instances.

helene. helene is a plugin for writing rails applications on top of amazon's aws platform including sdb, s3, and sqs

rego. run arbitrary commands easily when files change

fucking_favicons. fucking favicons fucking suck

fbomb. fbomb is the dangerous flowdock bot

mongoid-haystack. a mongoid 3 zero-config, zero-integration, POLS pure mongo fulltext solution

coxswain. encapsulate pre-forking master / worker pattern for ruby

hashish. awesome data access layer for rails/ruby projects

jquery.bires. bandwidth limited progressive image enhancement

ro. all your content in github, as god intended

assassin. no zombies ever, not even on `exit!` or `kill -9`

rails_current. track current_STUFF mo betta

default_url_options. all relative urls in rails all the time. even in mailers.

conducer. a model+view component for rails that combines the conductor and presenter pattern

wrap. non-sucky :before and :after callbacks for any ruby class

rememberthemilk. simple (162 loc), json only, interface to the excellent RememberTheMilk API

forkhandle. a teeny library / design pattern for managing connections in a process and thread safe fashion

rails_default_url_options. you really can have default_url_options everywhere. even in mailers.

fukung. perhaps the most important ruby code EVAAARRR! gets random images from http://fukung.net.

rails_errors2html. simple and sane active_model error html rendering

options. options.rb handles keyword options in ruby in a simple and robust way

irbcp. irbcp gives access to your system's clipboard (copy and paste) from irb

isolation. a small rails app to demonstrate what *you* don't understand about RDBMS transactions

pork. pork supports parallel programming in ruby using forked actors and durable sqlite message queues

senv. the 12-factor environment tool your mother told you to use

rails_nav. objectified navigation for rails

cssjs. a zero learning curve zero contraints dsl for writing css stylesheets in javascript

terminator. an external timeout mechanism based on processes and signals

clee. `clee` is a tiny, 0 dependency, DSL for building über clean CLIs in Ruby

lru_cache. a simple but efficient implementation of a size limited least recently used cache in ruby

mongoid-fts. enable mongodb's new fulltext simply and quickly on your mongoid models, including pagination.

rails_view. render views from anywhere. even without a controller context

bookify. development moved to https://github.com/everlater/bookify