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hirb – Faster Ruby Console UI with Tables, Trees & Menus

hirb gives Ruby founders a sleek console view framework—no‑wrap tables, auto‑pager, tree and menu navigation—all in one. 1.7k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “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.”

1,688 stars70 forksRubyGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 6Updated 2/28/2024100% free · open source
What it does

Hirb is a Ruby library that provides a set of features to enhance the console/IRB experience, including a table view, auto-pager, tree, and menu.

When to use it
  • •Exploring large datasets in the console
  • •Visualizing complex data structures like trees or graphs
  • •Creating interactive command-line tools or scripts
Ready-to-paste prompt
Hirb.view([{'name' => 'John', 'age' => 30}, {'name' => 'Jane', 'age' => 25}], :fields => [:name, :age])
Heads up: Hirb requires Ruby 1.9 or later, and may have issues with certain console encodings or character sets, so make sure your environment is set up correctly before using it.
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How hirb – Faster Ruby Console UI with Tables, Trees & Menus works
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Hirb – Faster Ruby Console UI with Tables, Trees & Menus is a small Ruby project (~2k lines across 31 code files, plus 16 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit 32 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Small codebase
~2k lines · 31 code files · 16 min skim
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Ruby
No API keys detected
Ruby 100%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.rdoc
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    lib/hirb.rb
    Inside lib/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
lib/Core code — the actual logic31 files
test/Tests — proof it works16 files
READMEHas testsThin docsCI checksMIT licenseLast update 32 mo ago
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Details
Creator
cldwalker
Language
Ruby
Category
ai-agent
Published
3/7/2009

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