basecamp/pow
Zero-configuration Rack server for Mac OS X observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5656
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2302
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3403 stars · 247 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pow is a zero-configuration Rack server for Mac OS X that runs Rails and Rack apps locally with a simple symlink setup, serving them at .test domains. It bundles an HTTP server with automatic DNS configuration for local development.
Use cases
- run rack apps locally on mac without configuration
- serve multiple rails apps with custom .test domains
- zero-config local web server for mac development
- symlink a project directory to get a local hostname
- replace manual /etc/hosts and port numbers in local dev
When to choose
- you develop Rails or Rack apps on macOS and want zero-setup local hosting
- you want automatic .test domain resolution for many local projects
When to avoid
- you are not on macOS
- you need a maintained or actively supported tool (last release 2020, project appears abandoned)
- you develop non-Ruby web apps or need production serving
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
http-server web-framework developer-tools web-development developer-tools self-hosted cli rack zero-configuration local-development rails coffeescript dns-server macos web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/basecamp/pow · fetched 2026-08-28 · 98bf9a578bf5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| basecamp/pow | main | 10 |
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