# JEG2/highline

A higher level command-line oriented interface.

Repository: https://github.com/JEG2/highline
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/highline
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-10T01:37:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6421, "days_push": 85, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1308, forks 136 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.127206+00:00)

## What it is
HighLine is a Ruby library that provides a high-level, ergonomic interface for command-line input and output. It handles prompting, validation, type conversion, password masking, menus, and colored output so developers don't have to write low-level gets/puts plumbing.

## Use cases
- ask users questions on the command line with validation
- prompt for passwords without echoing input
- build interactive terminal menus
- convert typed strings into typed values like Integer or Date
- print colored ANSI output in a terminal app
- collect validated user input in a Ruby CLI script

## When to choose
- you are building an interactive Ruby command-line tool that prompts users for input
- you need robust input validation and type coercion without hand-rolling error checking
- you want password prompts, menus, or colored terminal output in Ruby

## When to avoid
- you are building a GUI or web application rather than a terminal interface
- you need non-interactive or fully automated input pipelines
- your project is not in Ruby

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cli, cross-platform
- tags: console-input, user-interaction, validation, menus, password-prompt, ansi-colors, command-line

## Member repositories
- JEG2/highline (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.127206+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:50:03.442981+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JEG2/highline (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.127206+00:00, sha e29df5fc5ee5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.