About

Rubikon is a simple to use, yet powerful Ruby framework for building console-based applications.

Features

• A simple to use DSL (domain-specific language)
• Automatic checks for option arguments
• Built-in methods to capture user input
• Built-in methods to display progress bars and throbbers
• Built-in support for configuration files
• Built-in support for colored output
• Automatic generation of application and command help screens
• User defined validation of option arguments
• Application sandboxing

Installation

You can install Rubikon using RubyGem. This is the easiest way of installing and recommended for most users.

$ gem install rubikon

If you want to use the development code you should clone the Git repository:

$ git clone git://github.com/koraktor/rubikon.git
  $ cd rubikon
  $ rake install

Requirements

• Any operating system which has a usable console and is supported by a compatible Ruby implementation
• Ruby 1.8.6 or newer (see the wiki for supported Rubies)

Rubikon doesn't have any dependencies. So there's nothing else to worry about.

Contact

• Twitter: @rubikonrb
• IRC: #rubikon on freenode.net
• GitHub: koraktor
• Mailing list: Google Group