Open Source Ruby Software Development Software - Page 9

A picture's worth a 1000 tests. Unit testing asserts can be difficult to use. Approval tests simplify this by taking a snapshot of the results, and confirming that they have not changed. Get more info @ http://approvaltests.sourceforge.net.

Arachni is an Open Source, feature-full, modular, high-performance Ruby framework aimed towards helping penetration testers and administrators evaluate the security of web applications.

Document based acceptance tester. Similar to FIT in goal. Manages requirements documents in Word or RTF format that are created jointly by customer and developer. Requirements are parsed to extract a glossary and test suite.

This is a fork of the AspectR project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/aspectr/): an Aspect-Oriented Programming framework in and for Ruby.

Dionea (Dionea Musclipla, meaning Venus Fly Catcher)- an asynchronous thread-aware, peer-aware, and session-aware distributed debugger for Ruby and Python. A notable feature is to trace the sessions of the web applicaions using Rails and TurboGears.

Awesome Print is a Ruby library that pretty prints Ruby objects in full color exposing their internal structure with proper indentation. Rails ActiveRecord objects and usage within Rails templates are supported via included mixins.

This project aims to interface homebrewing recipe software that saves recipes in the BeerXML format with the open-source BrewTroller automation system.

3D render engine cross platform written from scratch using c++11 standard features. With the approach to create a high scalable, flexible 3D engine with full modding support. Using flexible configs to include common technologies without the lack of massive extension coding

Blueprint CSS is a CSS framework aimed at accelerating layout and typographic design by providing robust base styles, grid systems, and reusable UI components. It combines normalized defaults with helpful utilities—such as column layouts, form styling, and typography helpers—so developers can build responsive sites with less repetitive CSS. Because it’s designed as a structural foundation rather than a themed UI kit, it’s easy to layer branding and custom design on top without fighting the base styles. The framework includes mixins, modifier classes, and responsive breakpoints so layouts adapt fluidly across screen sizes. By starting with a consistent baseline, Blueprint CSS reduces cross-browser quirks and gives designers confidence in spacing, proportion, and element alignment. Teams often use it as the “CSS backbone” of internal tools, web products, or component libraries.

Breeze is a build and test automation framework for software developers. It is written in Ruby and can be extended to include tasks that interact with other tools such as source code repositories, compilers, test frameworks, and installers.

Bricklayer is a Ruby web application framework that uses a component architecture very loosely based on that of perl's HTML::Mason. To see the proof of concept for Bricklayer, check out the Liber RDF Portal project.

Generate C++ header files from cpp files. Inspired by javadoc, and doxygen style source commenting. No need to maintain two seperate files to represent one class. Create and keep your headers up-to-date with your cpp files with little effort.

Convert copy. Pipes existing converter tools together to convert files from a format to another. E.g. add the converters 'pdf -> text' and 'text -> wav' and you can convert pdf to wav. Automatically installs missing converters in Debian.

COLT is a project management and tracker written in Ruby on Rails. It integrates neatly with your current Subversion repository. COLT is currently under development.

¡COSA! is a project to create a Common Objects Service API for web development. By using ¡COSA! a programmer will not have to worry about rewriting and rebuilding his WSDL file all the time, worrying only about what really matters: coding business rule

CRAFT (Configurable Runtime Analysis for Floating-point Tuning) for HPC (High-Performance Computing) uses binary instrumentation to perform runtime analysis of floating-point code, detecting cancellations and making precision level recommendations. NOTE: THIS PROJECT HAS MOVED TO GITHUB!!!! https://github.com/crafthpc/craft

Template Builder, short for Template Builders United, For developers to put together great templates, graphics, etc. the group can use for projects. If you have something, throw it in the pot. Someone in the group can probably use it!

An editor for the CVS pserver password file. Supports both GUI and shell mode.

CZEBOX is a referral Open Source implementation of ISDS DataBoxes (http://datoveschranky.info/), eGovernment messaging system founded by Ministry of Interior Czech Republic and Czech Post.

CanCan is an authorization library for Ruby on Rails that helps manage user permissions in a clean and consistent way. It centralizes all authorization logic in a single Ability class, where you define what actions each type of user can or cannot perform on different resources. Developers then use helpers like authorize! in controllers or can? in views to enforce those rules without scattering permission logic across the application. It supports defining permissions using conditions, allowing granular access based on attributes like ownership or role. Because it abstracts authorization cleanly, applications stay easier to read, test, and maintain as business rules evolve. Though no longer actively maintained in its original form, CanCan inspired forks and successors (such as CanCanCan) that continue to be widely used in Rails projects.

A Smarty-like template library for Ruby.

A remote server automation and deployment tool written in Ruby. Capistrano extends the Rake DSL with methods specific to running commands on() servers. Capistrano is written in Ruby, but it can easily be used to deploy any language. If your language or framework has special deployment requirements, Capistrano can easily be extended to support them. Capistrano is bundled as a Ruby Gem. It requires Ruby 2.0 or newer. Capistrano can be installed as a standalone Gem, or bundled into your application. It is recommended to fix the version number when using Capistrano, and is therefore recommended to use an appropriate bundler. The capistrano-rails gem includes extras specifically designed for Ruby on Rails, specifically Asset Pipeline Support and Database Migration Support. Capistrano deploys using SSH. Thus, you must be able to SSH (ideally with keys and ssh-agent) from the deployment system to the destination system for Capistrano to work.

Capybara is a Ruby acceptance testing framework that simulates how a real user would interact with a web application. It allows developers to write tests that drive browsers, checking for expected content, links, buttons, and form interactions. Capybara integrates with drivers like Selenium, Rack::Test, and headless browsers such as Cuprite or WebKit, letting tests run in real browsers or lightweight simulation environments. Its DSL emphasizes natural language-like syntax, such as visit, click_button, and fill_in, which makes tests readable and expressive. Capybara also handles asynchronous JavaScript and dynamic content, waiting for elements to appear or actions to complete before assertions run. By bridging test suites with actual browser behavior, Capybara helps ensure that web apps behave correctly from a user’s perspective.

Ceedling project hosting has moved to GitHub under the ThrowTheSwitch Organization: https://github.com/ThrowTheSwitch/Ceedling