# powder-rb/powder

Makes Pow even easier. I mean really, really, ridiculously easy

Repository: https://github.com/powder-rb/powder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/powder
Homepage: http://git.io/powder
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-10-08T23:55:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5626, "days_push": 2521, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1278, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.384080+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby command-line gem that wraps and simplifies management of the Pow zero-configuration Rack/Rails app server for macOS. It provides commands for linking, unlinking, restarting, and inspecting apps served by Pow.

## Use cases
- link my rails app to pow from the terminal
- restart a pow app without touching symlinks
- tail pow and app logs while developing
- open my local .test domain in a browser
- list all apps currently linked in ~/.pow
- clean up broken pow symlinks

## When to choose
- you develop Rack or Rails apps on macOS with Pow
- you want a friendly CLI over Pow's manual symlink workflow
- you need quick log tailing, restarts, and status checks for Pow apps

## When to avoid
- you don't use Pow (e.g. you use Foreman, Docker, or overmind)
- you develop on Linux or Windows, since Pow is macOS-only
- you need actively maintained tooling — the project's last release was 2019

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, ruby
- tags: pow, rack-development, zero-configuration, local-development, ruby-gem, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- powder-rb/powder (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.384080+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 2026-08-30T05:02:47.123169+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/powder-rb/powder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.384080+00:00, sha b498562edb35)
  - homepage: http://git.io/powder (fetched 2026-08-29T12:13:30.239771+00:00, sha c56723ce2db9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.