About

Twenty is a standalone web application with a practical purpose. But it's also a place where I can experiment with a different stack for the development of [web] applications in Ruby. See Design for more info.

Design

• The server/ is powered by Ruby
  • rack, graphql-ruby, and puma
  • The server provides the /graphql endpoint for client <-> server communication
  • The server serves static files (HTML, JS, CSS, ...) via puma (Ruby HTTP server)
  • The /graphql endpoint enters the graphql-ruby stack
• The client/ is powered by NodeJS
  • webpack, typescript, react, and react-router
  • The client produces a build/ directory
  • The client provides static files (HTML, JS, CSS, ...)
  • The client provides routes via react-router
  • The client communicates with the server via @apollo/client (GraphQL client)
• The cli/ is powered by Ruby
  • Start / stop web server
  • Run database migrations
  • Run developer console
  • Available as a RubyGem executable
• Each component (server, client, cli) are separate packages in a monorepo
• Easy to distribute as a RubyGem

Usage

CLI

Usage: twenty COMMAND [OPTIONS]

Commands:
  up             Start the twenty web server
  down           Stop the twenty web server
  connect        Connect a project to twenty
  disconnect     Disconnect a project from twenty
  migrate        Migrate the database
  console        Start the twenty developer console

Install

Twenty is distributed as a RubyGem:

$ gem install twenty

Sources

• GitHub
• GitLab

License

BSD Zero Clause.
See LICENSE