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Top 11 Ruby developer-tool Projects

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  1. devdocs

    API Documentation Browser

    Project mention: Program on the Subway | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-21

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. ferrum

    Headless Chrome Ruby API

  4. DuckRails

    Development tool to mock API endpoints quickly and easily (docker image available)

  5. isolator

    Detect non-atomic interactions within DB transactions

  6. irbtools

    Improvements for Ruby's IRB console 💎︎

  7. parity

    Shell commands for development, staging, and production parity for Heroku apps (by thoughtbot)

  8. kickstart

    Ruby on Rails application templates (by alec-c4)

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. rails_lens

    Comprehensive Rails application visualization and annotation tool - precision optics for the Rails universe

    Project mention: Rails application visualization and annotation tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-05

  11. ruby-dns-mock

    DNS mock server written on 💎 Ruby. Mimic any DNS records for your test environment with fake DNS server.

  12. dbwatcher

    Track and visualize database changes in Rails applications

    Project mention: How I Built a Database Debugging Tool for Rails and Why You Might Need It | dev.to | 2025-07-19

    dbwatcher is open for contributions. If you've ever wanted to contribute to open source, this is a great project to start with:

  13. pry-byetypo

    A Pry plugin that captures exceptions that may arise from typos and deduces the correct command.

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).

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  • Program on the Subway

    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2025

  • 📚 DevDocs — All API Docs in One Fast, Searchable Interface

    1 project | dev.to | 12 Jul 2025

  • Dev world, unplugged: 65,000+ developers’ survey results on code, AI, and burnout in 2024 (and why you should speak up in 2025)

    1 project | dev.to | 19 Jun 2025

  • Transaction Safety in Rails: Identifying and Addressing Non-Atomic Interactions

    1 project | dev.to | 21 Nov 2024

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    www.influxdata.com | 22 Dec 2025
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What are some of the best open-source developer-tool projects in Ruby? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 devdocs 38,162
2 ferrum 1,950
3 DuckRails 1,717
4 isolator 1,075
5 irbtools 922
6 parity 892
7 kickstart 97
8 rails_lens 96
9 ruby-dns-mock 65
10 dbwatcher 19
11 pry-byetypo 3

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