rails/thor
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Thor is a toolkit for building powerful command-line interfaces. observed · 2026-09-26
Health v2 · maintenance only
69/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 33
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 172
- age_days: 6740
- days_rel: 287
- days_push: 106
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
5267 stars · 549 forks observed · 2026-09-26
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Thor is a Ruby toolkit for building self-documenting command-line utilities, handling option parsing and usage banners with a Rake-like syntax. It can also serve as an alternative to Rake as a build tool.
Use cases
- build a CLI tool in Ruby
- parse command line options and arguments
- generate usage/help banners automatically
- replace Rake for task automation
- create self-documenting command-line utilities
When to choose
- you are writing a Ruby command-line application or generator
- you want Rake-like task syntax with better argument parsing
- you need self-documenting CLI help output
When to avoid
- you need a CLI framework in a non-Ruby language
- your tool processes untrusted application user input (Thor is designed as a system tool, not for handling user-supplied input)
- you only need simple shell scripts without Ruby
Facets
library · maturity stable
cli parser developer-tools developer-tools ruby cli cross-platform command-line-interfaces rake-alternative option-parsing self-documenting ruby-gem command-line automation
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rails/thor · fetched 2026-09-26 · d1ec42115bcc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rails/thor | main | 69 |
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