ruby-progressbar
Ruby/ProgressBar is a text progress bar library for Ruby.
Runssource: GitHubRubyMITcommit bafa278bfb14
Ruby, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: cli, progress, progress bar, progressbar, progressbars and terminal.
ruby-progressbar runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 18 minutes and hit 3 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
ruby-progressbar 1.13.0 builds and passes all 244 RSpec tests on Ruby 3.4.8 (self-compiled from source) in a rootless Ubuntu 24.04 container
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- Ruby 3.4.8 not installed in container12 minutes
- zlib development headers missing (needed by Ruby's zlib extension)3 minutes
- libyaml development headers missing (needed by Ruby's psych extension)3 minutes
- Install time
- 18 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 12 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 3 hit, 3 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- bundle exec rspec exited 0, 244 examples, 0 failures
- Model tokens used
- 48,928
- Exact commit tested
- bafa278bfb14
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
Here's the summary of everything I did: **Environment setup:** - No Ruby or Bundler were pre-installed in the container (rootless, no `sudo`) - Installed `ruby-install` and `chruby` version managers, but `ruby-install` required `sudo` for it… - Built **zlib 1.3.1** from source into `/home/runner/.local` (needed for the zlib extension) - Built **libyaml 0.2.5** from source into `/home/runner/.local` (needed for the psych extension) - Built **Ruby 3.4.8** from source (`./configure --prefix=/home/runner/.rubies/ruby-3.4.8 --with-zl… - Installed **Bundler 2.4.2** (via `bundle install` upgrading from the lockfile's pinned version) - `bundle install` completed successfully, fetching gems (`rspec`, `fuubar`, `rspectacular`, `timec… **Verification:** - `bundle exec rspec` ran all **244 examples, 0 failures** in 1.92 seconds - Inline Ruby script confirmed `ProgressBar.create` and `.increment` work correctly
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Recovered from all 3 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Took 18 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 70 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Of the 71 cli projects Argusic has installed and timed, ruby-progressbar was the 63rd fastest to reach a running state, and 65 of 71 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
Embed the badge
Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/ruby-progressbar)Questions
- Does ruby-progressbar run?
- Yes. ruby-progressbar runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 18 minutes, hitting 3 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test ruby-progressbar?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit bafa278bfb14. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test ruby-progressbar?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.04: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does ruby-progressbar take to install?
- 18 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does ruby-progressbar need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing ruby-progressbar?
- 3 things broke in the recorded run, and 3 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does ruby-progressbar compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 71 cli projects Argusic has installed and timed, ruby-progressbar was the 63rd fastest to reach a running state, and 65 of 71 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for ruby-progressbar?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.