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jfelchner/ruby-progressbar

Ruby/ProgressBar is a text progress bar library for Ruby. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jfelchner/ruby-progressbar · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

60/100

  • Activity 61
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

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: 6407
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 237
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1594 stars · 130 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Ruby/ProgressBar is a text-based progress bar library for Ruby with zero dependencies. It renders advancing progress indicators in the terminal for long-running operations.

Use cases

  • show a progress bar for a long-running ruby script
  • display download or batch processing progress in the terminal
  • add progress indication to a ruby cli tool
  • track loop iteration progress in ruby
  • show percentage completion in console output

When to choose

  • you need a mature, dependency-free progress bar in Ruby
  • you want a well-tested library used widely in the Ruby ecosystem
  • you need simple terminal progress output with minimal setup

When to avoid

  • you need GUI or web-based progress indicators
  • you are not working in Ruby
  • you need rich TUI dashboards rather than a single progress line

Facets

library · maturity stable

cli developer-tools developer-tools ruby cli cross-platform progress-bar terminal-output ruby-gem command-line

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
jfelchner/ruby-progressbarmain60

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