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denolfe/ruby-whatpulse — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-08-09 · repo last pushed 2013-10-24

1RubyAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A small Ruby library that lets your code talk to WhatPulse, a service that tracks your keyboard and mouse activity, so you can pull user and team stats into your own Ruby apps without handling raw web requests.

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    What it does
      Fetches WhatPulse stats
      Returns tidy Ruby data
      Handles web requests
    Use cases
      Typing stats dashboard
      Team leaderboard
      Activity analysis
    Audience
      Ruby developers
      WhatPulse users
      Productivity enthusiasts
    Tech stack
      Ruby
      WhatPulse API
    Maturity
      Personal project
      Sparse docs
      Minimal features

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Build a personal dashboard that displays your typing and mouse click stats from WhatPulse.

REASON 2

Create a team leaderboard that pulls activity data for a group of productivity enthusiasts.

REASON 3

Add keyboard and mouse activity tracking data from WhatPulse into an existing Ruby application.

What's in the stack?

Ruby

How it stacks up

denolfe/ruby-whatpulse521xueweihan/homebrew-coreamitsuryavanshi/graphiti-activegraph
Stars111
LanguageRubyRubyRuby
Last pushed2013-10-242022-05-112022-12-09
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultymoderateeasyhard
Complexity2/51/53/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Minimal documentation means you will need to read the source code to understand available methods and how to get started.

The explanation does not mention any license, so it is unclear what permissions you have to use this code.

Wtf does this do

ruby-whatpulse is a small Ruby library that lets your code talk to WhatPulse, a service that tracks how many keystrokes, mouse clicks, and other activity you do on your computer. Think of WhatPulse as a fitness tracker for your keyboard and mouse, it counts your inputs and lets you compare stats with other users. This wrapper makes it easier for Ruby programs to pull that data from WhatPulse without dealing with the raw web requests yourself. At a high level, the library handles the communication between your Ruby application and WhatPulse's servers. Instead of writing code to format requests and parse responses manually, you use this wrapper's methods to ask for things like a user's stats or team information, and it returns the data in a tidy Ruby format you can work with directly. This would be useful for someone building a dashboard that shows their typing stats, a team leaderboard that pulls WhatPulse data for a group of gamers or productivity enthusiasts, or any Ruby app that wants to display or analyze keyboard and mouse activity tracked by WhatPulse. If you're a Ruby developer who already uses WhatPulse and wants to incorporate that data into your own project, this wrapper saves you the trouble of building that integration from scratch. The README is very sparse and doesn't go into detail about which specific WhatPulse features are supported, how to install the library, or how to use it in practice. You'd likely need to look at the code itself to understand what methods are available and how to get started. Given the minimal documentation and single star, this appears to be a lightweight, personal-project-style library rather than a polished, production-ready tool.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
I want to build a Ruby dashboard that shows my WhatPulse typing and mouse click stats. Help me use the ruby-whatpulse gem to fetch my user stats and display them in a Sinatra web app.
Prompt 2
I have a team of WhatPulse users and want to create a leaderboard in Ruby. Show me how to use ruby-whatpulse to pull team stats and rank members by keystrokes.
Prompt 3
Help me read the ruby-whatpulse source code to figure out what methods are available for fetching WhatPulse data, since the README has no usage examples.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is ruby-whatpulse?

A small Ruby library that lets your code talk to WhatPulse, a service that tracks your keyboard and mouse activity, so you can pull user and team stats into your own Ruby apps without handling raw web requests.

What language is ruby-whatpulse written in?

Mainly Ruby. The stack also includes Ruby.

Is ruby-whatpulse actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2013-10-24).

What license does ruby-whatpulse use?

The explanation does not mention any license, so it is unclear what permissions you have to use this code.

How hard is ruby-whatpulse to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is ruby-whatpulse for?

Mainly developer.

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