tj/commander
The complete solution for Ruby command-line executables observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- 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 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6530
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 4172
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1085 stars · 61 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Commander is a Ruby library for building command-line executables, providing command definition, option parsing, and help generation. The repository has moved to commander-rb/commander and the original tj/commander repo is no longer maintained.
Use cases
- build a cli tool in ruby
- parse command line arguments in ruby
- create subcommands for a ruby executable
- generate help text for a ruby cli
- write a multi-command ruby program
When to choose
- you are already using commander in an existing Ruby project
- you want a batteries-included CLI framework with subcommands and help generation in Ruby
When to avoid
- starting a new Ruby CLI project - prefer actively maintained alternatives like thor or dry-cli
- you need bug fixes or new features - the repo has moved and the original is unmaintained
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
cli developer-tools developer-tools ruby cli cross-platform cli-framework argument-parsing commander-rb moved-repo command-line
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/tj/commander · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1f9aa31243e1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tj/commander | main | 32 |
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