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Remember, you can just use irb at the commandline for simple things.

• /tag/ruby-editors-and-ides

Unknown ∞

• widestudio
• RDE — Windows-only
• RadRails – A Ruby on Rails IDE.

• FreeRIDE

  • (Fox, FXScintilla, FXRuby)

• modrian

  • (Fox 1.2, FXScintilla, FXRuby 1.2)

• Mondrian

  • As of June 2006 beta7 and newer require FXRuby 1.2.4 or FXRuby 1.2.6.
• TextMate
• eric3
• vim Ruby support
• edit

• Eclipse has a plug-in called RDT, Ruby Development Tools.

  • http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-PDE-Automation/automation.html
  • Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse
• Dreamweaver 8 and Ruby on Rails codehints
• Aptana RadRails

• CodeGear Ruby IDE

  • As of 2007-07 – in field testing
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20090602004941/http://www.codegear.com:80/rubyonrails/beta
  • http://www.codegear.com/article/36513

Commercial ∞

• Arachno Ruby (commercial, 30 day trial)

  • Written in GNU Smalleiffel with The FOX GUI Toolkit for the UI.
  • how to set Arachno Ruby for Rails
    — https://web.archive.org/web/20080515200454/http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/How+To+Use+Arachno+Ruby+IDE+with+Rails
  • To run ruby-tk: Settings > Program Settings > General > Ruby, add to “Ruby Library Path” both /usr/lib/ruby/1.8 and /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i586-linux-gnu (your mileage may vary, look for the directories on your computer)

• Komodo

  • Commercial, with trials available after registration.

• RubyInSteel

  • For Ruby and IronRuby

Reviews ∞

• https://tnlessone.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/ruby-rails-ide-comparison-idea-netbeans-radrails/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100601103217/http://codesnipers.com:80/?q=node/72&title=Ruby-Editor/IDE-Comparison

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060717185807/http://blog.corvideon.ie:80/2005/10/18/brief-ruby-rails-editor-roundup/

Resources ∞

• Ruby Application Archive >

  • Application/IDE
  • Application/Editor